Radiation-induced physical changes in UHMWPE implant components

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-142

  Naidu, Sanjiv H ^b,c   Bixler, Brian L ^a   Moulton, Mark J R ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031041762     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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