Detection of orthopaedic prostheses at airport security checks

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-387

  Grohs, Josef G ^a   Gottsauner Wolf, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

ALLOYS; AUSTRIA; AVIATION; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 0030977469     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B3.7604     Document Type: Article

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