Biomedical application of functional polymers

Reactive and Functional Polymers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-138

  Jagur Grodzinski, Joseph ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomedical application; Drug delivery; Functional polymers

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0038930963     PISSN: 13815148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1381-5148(98)00054-6     Document Type: Review

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