Effect of Radiation, Heat, and Aging on In Vitro Wear Resistance of Polyethylene

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 417, Issue , 2003, Pages 253-262

  Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,c   Merrill, Edward W ^b   Bragdon, Charles R ^a   O'Connor, Daniel ^a   Hoeffel, Daniel ^a   Burroughs, Brian ^a   Jasty, Murali ^a   Harris, William H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0344308259     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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