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1 online resource (521 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Woodhead publishing in textiles |
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Woodhead publishing in textiles.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 5, 2014). |
| Contents |
Cover; Medical Textiles and Biomaterials for Healthcare; Copyright; CONTENTS; EDITORS; PREFACE; Part I Biomaterials utilised in medical textiles; BIOMATERIALS UTILISED IN MEDICAL TEXTILES: AN OVERVIEW; ABSTRACT; TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION; NATURAL CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS; MODIFIED CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS; NATURAL AND MODIFIED PROTEINS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS USING CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS; THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; NEW GENERATIONS OF RESORBABLE BIOMATERIALS WITH TEXTILE STRUCTURES; ABSTRACT; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFORMED COLLAGEN FIBRES |
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ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS / DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES; NOVEL CHITOSAN-ALGINATE FIBRES FOR ADVANCED WOUND DRESSINGS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; MODIFICATION OF ALGINIC ACID FIBRES WITH HYDROLYSED CHITOSANS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; THE EFFECT OF DEGRADATION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYLACTIDE YARNS AND TEXTILES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES |
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CHITOSAN: CRAWLING FROM CRAB SHELLS TO WOUND DRESSINGSABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PROPERTIES; FIBRES AND FILMS; BIOMATERIALS AND WOUNDCARE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Part II Healthcare and hygiene products; HEALTHCARE AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS: AN OVERVIEW; MARKET PROSPECTS; CURRENT ISSUES; HEATHCARE AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS; SUPERABSORBENT FIBRES; ANTIMICROBIAL FIBRES; DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS; OPERATING ROOM GARMENTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; APPLICATION OF NONWOVENS IN HEALTHCARE AND HYGIENE SECTOR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MEDICAL TEXTILES; HEALTHCARE AND HYGIENE SECTOR; CONSUMPTION OF NONWOVENS; HYGIENE |
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MEDICALDESIGN ISSUES; ABSORBENT HYGIENE PRODUCTS; MATERIAL USED IN NONWOVEN PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET; REFERENCES; ROLE OF ADVANCED TEXTILE MATERIALS IN HEALTHCARE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; FIBRES FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS; ADVANCED MEDICAL TEXTILES; REFERENCES; IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMFORT IN WOOL AND BLENDED FABRICS FOR THE ELDERLY; ABSTRACT; AIR PERMEABILITY; THERMAL BEHAVIOUR; WATER VAPOUR PERMEABILTY; FABRIC DRAPE; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; USING ULTRASONIC ENERGY FOR BLEACHING COTTON IN HYGIENE TEXTILES |
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ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; A STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE OF RESPIRATORY MORBIDITY IN THE WORKERS OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY OF BARODA CITY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; OBJECTIVES; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; LIMITATIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; MARKET RESEARCH AND OVERVIEW OF TURKISH HYGIENIC PRODUCTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TURKISH HYGIENIC PRODUCT MARKET; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Part III Infection control and barrier materials; INFECTION CONTROL AND BARRIER MATERIALS: AN OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION |
| Summary |
Medical textiles are a major growth area within the technical textiles industry and the range of applications continues to grow and increase in diversity with every new development. Recent innovations include novel chitosan-alginate fibres for advanced wound dressings, ultrasonic energy for bleaching cotton medical textiles, durable and rechargeable biocidal textiles, spider silk supportive matrix for cartilage regeneration, barbed bi-directional surgical sutures and intelligent textiles for medical applications. Medical textiles and biomaterials for healthcare is a culmination of the w. |
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Polymers in medicine -- Congresses.
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Biomedical materials -- Congresses.
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Textile fabrics -- Congresses.
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Polymères en médecine -- Congrès.
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Biomatériaux -- Congrès.
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Textiles et tissus -- Congrès.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Biomedical materials
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Polymers in medicine
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Textile fabrics
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Congress |
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Added Author |
Anand, S. C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Medical textiles and biomaterials for healthcare : incorporating proceedings of MEDTEX03 International Conference and Exhibition on Healthcare and Medical Textiles. Cambridge, England ; Boca Raton, Florida : Woodhead Publishing Limited : CRC Press, ©2006 xi, 508 pages Woodhead publishing in textiles. 9781855736832 |
| ISBN |
9781845694104 (electronic bk.) |
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1845694104 (electronic bk.) |
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9781855736832 |
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9780849317804 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000061144294 |
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DEBBG BV042316915 |
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DEBSZ 400022869 |
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GBVCP 813168244 |
