title: [Harmfulness of nickel in medical metal materials].
abstract: Medical metal materials is widely used in medical field due to its excellent properties; the nickel ions leaching from stainless steel because of corrosion have the harmfulness of malformation and cancerization besides allergenicity in human body. Potential harmfulness of nickel in medical metal materials and new trend on research and development are reviewed in this paper, and both the advantage and the long term potential development of nickel-free medical stainless steels are also described on the basis of our own research work.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China. ybren@imr.ac.cn
authors.forename: Yibin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D003343:Corrosion; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D009532:Nickel / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000737:chemistry*; D014025:Titanium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C040654:titanium nickelide; D013193:Stainless Steel; D009532:Nickel; D014025:Titanium