Weight losses and molecular weight changes correlated with the evolution of hydroxyacids in simulated in vivo degradation of homo- and copolymers of PLA and PGA

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-291

  Hakkarainen, Minna ^a   Albertsson, Ann Christine ^a   Karlsson, Sigbritt ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SIMULATION;

HYDROXYACIDS; POLYGLYCOLIDES; POLYLACTIDES; WEIGHT LOSS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0030172589     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-3910(96)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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