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Приорова</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-8678</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2658-6738</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">47515</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/vto20120485-94</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Fifty Years of Ultra High Molecular Polyethylene Use in Total Joint Replacement. 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В</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор мед. наук, зав. отделением костной патологии взрослых</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zagorodniy</surname><given-names>N. V</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Загородний</surname><given-names>Н. В</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>профессор, доктор мед. наук, зав. отделением эндопротезирования крупных суставов.</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en"></institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБУ «Центральный научно-исследовательский институт травматологии и ортопедии им. Н.Н. Приорова» Минздрава России, Москва, РФ</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2012-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO4 (2012)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№4 (2012)</issue-title><fpage>85</fpage><lpage>94</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-10-20"><day>20</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2012, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2012, ООО "Эко-Вектор"</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2012</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">ООО "Эко-Вектор"</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-8678/article/view/47515">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-8678/article/view/47515</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p/></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p/></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>ultra high molecular polyethylene</kwd><kwd>tribological characteristics</kwd><kwd>wear</kwd><kwd>oxidation</kwd><kwd>sterilization</kwd><kwd>y-radiation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>сверхвысокомолекулярный полиэтилен</kwd><kwd>трибологические характеристики</kwd><kwd>износ</kwd><kwd>окисление</kwd><kwd>стерилизация</kwd><kwd>у-излучение</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Kurtz S.M., Ong K.L., Lau E., Widmer M., Maravic M., Gуmez-Barrena E. et al. 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