Metal-on-metal failures - In science, regulation, and policy

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9822, 2012, Pages 1174-1176

  Sedrakyan, Art ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR SURFACE REPLACEMENT; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; METAL IMPLANTATION; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIENCE;

EID: 84859213347     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60372-9     Document Type: Note

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