The effect of ethanol on acrylic bone cement

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-102

  Bettencourt, A ^a,b   Calado, A ^a,b   Amaral, J ^a,b   Vale, F M ^c   Rico, J M T ^c   Monteiro, J ^d   Montemor, M F ^e   Ferreira, M G S ^e   Castro, M ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bone cement; Ethanol; Methyl methacrylate; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Release model; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC CEMENT; ALCOHOL; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ANGLE; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGORITHMS; BONE CEMENTS; BUFFERS; ETHANOL; HALF-LIFE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHATES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037043082     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(02)00136-9     Document Type: Article

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