Materials for Orthopedic Applications

Advanced Biomaterials: Fundamentals, Processing, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 53-100

  Nath, Shekhar ^a   Basu, Bikramjit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Bioceramics and bioceramic composites processing and properties; Materials for orthopedic applications; Metals and alloys in biomedical applications joint and bone implants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886167685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470891315.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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