A newly designed oscillating viscometer for blood viscosity measurements

Biorheology

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 397-404

  Hausler K ^a   Reinhart, W H ^a   Schaller, P ^a   Dual, J ^a   Goodbread, J ^a   Sayir, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

blood; viscosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; VISCOMETER;

EID: 0029855291     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-355X(96)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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