TY - CHAP
T1 - Silver as a disinfectant
AU - Silvestry-Rodriguez, Nadia
AU - Sicairos-Ruelas, Enue E.
AU - Gerba, Charles P.
AU - Bright, Kelly R.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The antimicrobial effects of silver (Ag) have been recognized for thousands of years. In ancient times, it was used in water containers (Grier 1983) and to prevent putrefaction of liquids and foods. In ancient times in Mexico, water and milk were kept in silver containers (Davis and Etris 1997). Silver was also mentioned in the Roman pharmacopoeia of 69 b.c. (Davis and Etris 1997).
AB - The antimicrobial effects of silver (Ag) have been recognized for thousands of years. In ancient times, it was used in water containers (Grier 1983) and to prevent putrefaction of liquids and foods. In ancient times in Mexico, water and milk were kept in silver containers (Davis and Etris 1997). Silver was also mentioned in the Roman pharmacopoeia of 69 b.c. (Davis and Etris 1997).
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U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-69163-3_2
DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-69163-3_2
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 17708071
AN - SCOPUS:35748977599
SN - 9780387691626
T3 - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
SP - 23
EP - 45
BT - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
A2 - Ware, George
ER -