The forces imposed by the novel T-shape Cu/LDPE nanocomposite intrauterine devices on the simulated uterine cavity

Contraception

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-330

  Xia, Xianping ^a   Xie, Changsheng ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Cai, Shuizhou ^a   Zhu, Changhong ^b   Yang, Xiangliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper; Cu LDPE nanocomposite; Forces; IUDs; Shapes

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FORCE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; SIMULATION; UTERUS CAVITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NANOCOMPOSITES; PAIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UTERUS;

EID: 34548834452     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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