Acrylic bone cements

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL 341, 2010, Pages 1-27

  Nottrott, Markus ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC CEMENT; GENTAMICIN; PALACOS;

ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ARTHROPLASTY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77952799798     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.487929     Document Type: Article

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