Characterization of mechanical properties of alumina based hip joint prostheses

Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-173

  Singha Roy, R ^a   Mitra, Manoj ^b   Basu, D ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alumina; Fatigue; Femoral head; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749186432     PISSN: 09711198     EISSN: 09711198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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