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Accelerated Wear Testing, Biomaterials, Durability, Osteolysis, Particulate Debris from Wear of Artificial Joint Implants, Polyolefins, Total Joint Prosthes, Ultra High Molecular Mass Polyethylene, Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, Wear of Artificial Joint Implants, Wear of Orthopaedic Joints
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Generation of Different UHMWPE Particle Shape by Wear Through Surface Texturing, Proceedings the Society for Biomatials, Providence, RI, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=853694
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