Comparative evaluation of antimicrobials for textile applications

Environment International

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-73

  Windler, Lena ^a   Height, Murray ^b   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b HeiQ Materials AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Silane quaternary ammonium compounds; Silver; Textile; Triclosan; Zinc pyrithione

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; COMMERCE; LAUNDERING; MICROORGANISMS; SILVER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCTS; ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES; APPLICATION RATES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; MARKET DATA; NANOSCALE SILVER; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; RESOURCE SAVINGS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; SILVER SALTS; SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TEXTILE APPLICATIONS; TEXTILE PRODUCTS; TRICLOSAN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; ZINC PYRITHIONES;

TEXTILES;

PYRITHIONE ZINC; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SILVER; TRICLOSAN;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SILVER; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEXTILE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872725472     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.12.010     Document Type: Review

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