Bionanocomposites of chitosan for multitissue engineering applications

Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives: Advances in Drug Discovery and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 451-462

  Sudha, P N ^a   Aisverya, S ^a   Rose, Maximas H ^b   Venkatesan, Jayachandran ^c   Kim, Se Kwon ^c  

^a THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

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DOI: 10.1201/b15636     Document Type: Chapter

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