Bioceramics—A new era

Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 171-192

  Chakraborty, Jui ^a   Basu, Debabrata ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bioceramics; Bone substitutes; Calcium phosphates; Prosthetic devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008202963     PISSN: 0371750X     EISSN: 21655456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0371750X.2005.11012210     Document Type: Article

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