Developing PEEK polymer as a bearing material for implants

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Devine, John ^a  

^a INVIBIO LTD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745058118     PISSN: 0194844X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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