BIOFUNCTIONAL TEXTILES AND THE SKIN

By P. HIDAE

CONTENTS SKIN PHYSIOLOGY AND TEXTILES – CONSIDERATION OF BASIC INTERACTIONS SILVER IN HEALTH CARE: ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS AND SAFETY IN USE ANTIMICROBIALS AND THE SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FLORA ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES – EVALUATION OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY PHYSIOLOGICAL COMFORT OF BIOFUNCTIONAL TEXTILES ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES, SKIN-BORNE FLORA AND ODOUR HYGIENIC RELEVANCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL-IMPREGNATED TEXTILES PRODUCTION PROCESS OF A NEW CELLULOSIC FIBER WITH ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES USE OF TEXTILES IN ATOPIC DERMATITIS COATED TEXTILES IN THE TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS SILVER-COATED TEXTILES IN THE THERAPY OF ATOPIC ECZEMA A NEW SILVER-LOADED CELLULOSIC FIBER WITH ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES ANTIMICROBIAL-FINISHED TEXTILE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES