Comparison of vaginal shapes in Afro-American, Caucasian and Hispanic women as seen with vinyl polysiloxane casting

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-59

  Pendergrass, Paula B ^a   Reeves, Cornelia A ^b   Belovicz, Meyer W ^b   Molter, Darron J ^b   White, Janet H ^b  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Race difference; Vagina; Vinyl polysiloxane

Indexed keywords

POLYSILOXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; STANDING; VAGINA;

EID: 0033936776     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010281     Document Type: Article

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