Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1349-1363 , December 2008

Biotribology of articular cartilage—A review of the recent advances

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 17 September 2008 ,Accepted 22 September 2008.

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