Polymeric Biomaterials: Structure and Function, Volume 1

Polymeric Biomaterials: Structure and Function, Volume 1
ISBN-10
1420094718
ISBN-13
9781420094718
Series
Polymeric Biomaterials
Category
Science
Pages
920
Language
English
Published
2013-01-17
Publisher
CRC Press
Authors
Valentin Popa, Severian Dumitriu

Description

Biomaterials have had a major impact on the practice of contemporary medicine and patient care. Growing into a major interdisciplinary effort involving chemists, biologists, engineers, and physicians, biomaterials development has enabled the creation of high-quality devices, implants, and drug carriers with greater biocompatibility and biofunctiona

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