THE ROLE OF COLLAGEN FIBERS IN CARTILAGE MECHANICS: A FIBER-EMBEDDED, POROVISCOELASTIC MODEL
โ Scribed by Salman Chegini; Stephen J. Ferguson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9290
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