Fatigue crack propagation resistance of highly crosslinked polyethylene

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 429, Issue , 2004, Pages 68-72

  Bradford, Letitia ^a   Baker, David ^b   Ries, Michael D ^a,c   Pruitt, Lisa A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STRESS FRACTURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 9644279463     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000150124.34906.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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