Low wear and friction in alumina/alumina total hip joints

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 443-448

  Saikko, Vesa ^a   Pfaff, Hans Georg ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b CERAMTEC AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ABRASION; ARTICLE; FRICTION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATOR;

EID: 0031726123     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679808997776     Document Type: Article

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