Vitamin-e-Blended UHMWPE Biomaterials

UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 237-247

  Kurtz, Steven ^a   Bracco, Pierangiola ^b   Costa, Luigi ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 77349112729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374721-1.00016-X     Document Type: Chapter

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