Electrochemical corrosion of metal implants

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1219-1222

  Patterson, Scott P ^a   Daffner, Richard H ^a   Gallo, Robert A ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORROSION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICS; METAL IMPLANTATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORROSION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 18244406315     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841219     Document Type: Article

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