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Information

Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9781439874196

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Biotechnology in Medicine

Front Cover
Contents
Introduction
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 - Metallic Biomaterials
Chapter 2 - Ceramic Biomaterials
Chapter 3 - Polymeric Biomaterials
Chapter 4 - Composite Biomaterials
Chapter 5 - Biodegradable Polymeric Biomaterials: An Updated Overview
Chapter 6 - Biologic Biomaterials: Tissue-Derived Biomaterials (Collagen)
Chapter 7 - Biologic Biomaterials: Silk
Chapter 8 - Biofunctional Hydrogels
Chapter 9 - Soft Tissue Replacements
Chapter 10 - Hard Tissue Replacements
Back Cover