Combined nanoindentation testing and scanning electron microscopy of bone and articular calcified cartilage in an equine fracture predilection site

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 19, Issue , 2010, Pages 242-251

  Doube, M ^a   Firth, E C ^b   Boyde, A ^a   Bushby, A J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Mineralisation; Nanoindentation; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCINOSIS; FRACTURE; HORSE; METACARPAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; METACARPAL BONES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 77955491155     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v019a23     Document Type: Article

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