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Medicine
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1961.tb70038.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web
confusing in their variety it is unthinkable that the untold misery raised by the uncritical acceptance of the Judet prosthesis should be repeated. A standards laboratory to make systematic investigations of all implant materials is now essential. These materials are not like simple drugs which are safe because they are so rapidly eliminated; prostheses are put in "for keeps". It is essential that they should fulfil the purpose for which they were designed. An essential preliminary for this is a series of standards which may be used as minimal requirements.