In vivo experiments to characterize the mechanical behavior of the human uterine cervix

Mechanics of Biological Tissue

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 431-443

  Mazza, E ^a   Nava, A ^a   Bauer, M ^b   Winter, R ^b   Bajka, M ^c   Holzapfel, G A ^d,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 37349081497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31184-X_31     Document Type: Chapter

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