Analysis of UHMWPE wear particles produced in the simulation of hip and knee wear mechanisms with the RandomPOD system
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Rights: © 2015 Elsevier. This is the post print version of the following article: Saikko, Vesa & Vuorinen, Vesa & Revitzer, Hannu. 2015. Analysis of UHMWPE wear particles produced in the simulation of hip and knee wear mechanisms with the RandomPOD system. Biotribology. Volumes 1-2. 30-34. ISSN 2352-5738 (electronic). DOI: 10.1016/j.biotri.2015.03.002, which has been published in final form at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352573815000050.
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