Degradable implant materials: A review of synthetic absorbable polymers and their applications

Clinical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 233-257

  Barrows, Th ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 58149372230     PISSN: 02676605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-6605(86)80015-4     Document Type: Review

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