Ethylene oxide potential toxicity

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-328

  da Cunha Mendes, Gisela Cristina ^a   da Silva Brandão, Teresa Ribeiro ^a   Silva, Cristina Luisa Miranda ^a  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ethylene oxide residue; Ethylene oxide sterilization; Medical devices; Process design; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DESORPTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 58549104414     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.3.323     Document Type: Article

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