A scanning electron microscopic study of the contraceptive vaginal ring

Contraception

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-67

  Miller, Leslie ^a,b   MacFarlane, Stephen A ^a   Materi, Heidi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive vaginal ring; NuvaRing; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; VINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA RING;

EID: 27744462927     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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