Surgical Gloves – Do they Really Protect Us?

• Authors: Dominik A. Walczak , Dariusz Pawełczak , Bartłomiej Grobelski , Zbigniew Pasieka
• Languages of publication: EN
• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 238-243

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2014

online

1 - 7 - 2014

received

23 - 2 - 2014

Contributors

author

Dominik A. Walczak

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Memorial Hospital in Bełchatów, Ordynator: lek. P. W. Trzeciak
• Department of Experimental Surgery, Medical University in Łódź, Kierownik: dr hab. Z. Pasieka, prof. nadzw.

author

Dariusz Pawełczak

• Department of Experimental Surgery, Medical University in Łódź, Kierownik: dr hab. Z. Pasieka, prof. nadzw.

author

Bartłomiej Grobelski

• Department of Experimental Surgery, Medical University in Łódź, Kierownik: dr hab. Z. Pasieka, prof. nadzw.

author

Zbigniew Pasieka

• Department of Experimental Surgery, Medical University in Łódź, Kierownik: dr hab. Z. Pasieka, prof. nadzw.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2014-0042