Predicting the clinical wear performance of orthopaedic bearing surfaces

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1346, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-29

  Sauer, Willard L ^a   Anthony, Mary E ^a  

^a Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Clinical wear; Cobalt chrome; Historical; Standards; Surface; UHMWPE; Wear test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008291702     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12827s     Document Type: Article

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