On the flow through the human female urethra

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 967-969

  Bush, M B ^a   Petros, P E Papa ^b   Barrett Lennard, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BODY FLUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UROLOGY;

FEMALE URETHRA; MICTURITION; URETHRAL RESISTANCE; URINE;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICTURITION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; URETHROCYSTOMETRY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TELEVISION; URETHRA; URINATION; URINE;

EID: 0342601437     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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