Decontamination of human skin by low-temperature plasma produced by cometary discharge

Clinical Plasma Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 31-34

  Julák, Jaroslav ^a   Scholtz, Vladimír ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DC discharge; Human skin; Non thermal plasma; Physiological microflora; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; COMETARY DISCHARGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA; MICROBIAL ELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84888864286     PISSN: 22128166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpme.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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