Absorbable and Biodegradable Polymers (Advances in Polymeric Biomaterials)
Publisher: CRC
Published: October 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780849314841
Subjects: Plastics & polymers technology; Technology; Family & General Practice; Biodegradation; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Polymers in medicine; Biotechnology; Engineering - General; Technology / Material Science; Biodegradable plastics; Absorption and adsorption; Polymers
First sentence: Egyptians sutured wounds as early 3500 B.C.using a variety of natural polymers including treated intestines, which are the early versions of collagen-based surgical gut sutures.