Wear of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in total artificial joints

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 164-169

  Fisher, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0028264489     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0890(94)90048-5     Document Type: Article

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