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ReviewPolymers2018

Recent Overviews in Functional Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications.

Moustafa M Zagho, Essraa A Hussein, Ahmed A Elzatahry

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Review in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Moustafa M ZaghoMaterials Science and Technology Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar. mmsalah@qu.edu.qa.
Essraa A HusseinMaterials Science and Technology Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar. ekhalil@qu.edu.qa.
Ahmed A ElzatahryMaterials Science and Technology Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar. aelzatahry@qu.edu.qa.ORCID 0000-0002-7291-5723

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Composite materials are considered as an essential part of our daily life due to their outstanding properties and diverse applications. Polymer composites are a widespread class of composites, characterized by low cost, facile processing methods, and varied applications ranging from daily-use issues to highly complicated electronics and advanced medical combinations. In this review, we focus on the most important fabrication techniques for bioapplied polymer composites such as electrospinning, melt-extrusion, solution mixing, and latex technology, as well as in situ methods. Additionally, significant and recent advances in biomedical applications are spotlighted, such as tissue engineering (including bone, blood vessels, oral tissues, and skin), dental resin-based composites, and wound dressing.

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biomedicaldental resin-based compositespolymer compositestissue engineeringwound dressing

Identifiers

PMID30960664
PMCPMC6403933

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