Letter to the Editor

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-465

  Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Baleani, Massimiliano ^a   Toni, Aldo ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; GLASS FIBER; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; LETTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; NOTE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TORSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; CADAVER; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TORSION;

EID: 33646524530     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2006.02.075     Document Type: Letter

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