Particulate debris from medical implants : mechanisms of formation and biological consequences / Kenneth R. St. John, editor - Philadelphia, Pa. : ASTM, 1992 - 211 p. : ill.

"Papers presented at the Symposium on Biocompatibility of Particulate Implant Materials, which was held in San Antonio, Texas, on 31 Oct. 1990. The Symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee F-4 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices"--Foreword "ASTM publication code number (PCN) 04-011440-54"

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS--COMPLICATIONS--CONGRESSES
ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS--BIOCOMPATIBILITY--CONGRESSES
BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES--CONGRESSES
BONES--EFFECT OF IMPLANTS ON--CONGRESSES
BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS--ADVERSE EFFECTS--CONGRESSES
FOREIGN-BODY REACTION--CONGRESSES
PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS--CONGRESSES
PROSTHESIS--ADVERSE EFFECTS--CONGRESSES
PROSTHESIS FAILURE--CONGRESSES

RD755.5 / P377