Quick-release medical tape

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 18803-18808

  Laulicht, Bryan ^a,b   Langer, Robert ^b,c   Karp, Jeffrey M ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal injury; Sensitive skin

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL TAPE; PAPER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN INJURY;

ADHESIVES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN;

EID: 84869203991     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216071109     Document Type: Article

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