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Metallic Transfer in Screwing and its Significance in one Surgery

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  1. Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge,

    F. P. BOWDEN & J. B. P. WILLIAMSON

  2. The Royal Infirmary, Bradford

    P. GOWANS LAING

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BOWDEN, F., WILLIAMSON, J. & LAING, P. Metallic Transfer in Screwing and its Significance in one Surgery. Nature 173, 520–522 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173520a0

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