Cracking of a coated orthopaedic external fixation connecting bar
β Scribed by J.A. von Fraunhofer; D. Seligson
- Book ID
- 103550409
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 613 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0142-9612
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