Thermoplastic silicone-urethane copolymers: A new class of biomedical elastomers

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 68-77

  Ward, Robert S ^a  

^a Polymer Technology Group Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0037912694     PISSN: 0194844X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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