Tribological Assessment of UHMWPE in the Hip

UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 369-379

  Essner, Aaron ^a   Wang, Aiguo ^a  

^a STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374721-1.00025-0     Document Type: Chapter

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