Hip implants - Paper VI - Ion concentrations

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-171

  Sargeant, A ^a   Goswami, T ^a  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carcinogenesis; Chromium; Cobalt; Cytokines; Electrochemical issues; Genotoxicity; Metal allergy; Metal ions concentrations; Titanium TNF ; Total joint replacements; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IONS; PH; TOXICITY; TRANSITION METAL ALLOYS;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HIP-JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; METAL ALLERGY; METAL IONS CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENTS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; HIP PROSTHESES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IONS; PH; TOXICITY; TRANSITION METAL ALLOYS;

EID: 33750363656     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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