Compression and tension fatigue resistance of medical grade ultra high molecular weight polyethylene: the effect of morphology, sterilization, aging and temperature

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  2000

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  Polymer

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  Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00199-8
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