Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed May 15, 2014).
Summary
Annotation Precious metals and semi-precious metals have been used in medicine for many years. The properties of these metals and their alloys makes them suitable for an increasing number of medical applications. This book provides readers with a useful review of this group of materials¿ unique properties and applications. The first part of the book provides readers with the fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications. Chapters in part two look at a wide range of applications of precious metals in medicine.
