A pharmacological and toxicological profile of silver as an antimicrobial agent in medical devices

Advances in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lansdown, Alan B G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER NITRATE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARGYRIA; ARGYROSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 77957885745     PISSN: 16876334     EISSN: 16876342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/910686     Document Type: Review

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