Collagen in arterial walls: Biomechanical aspects

Collagen: Structure and Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-324

  Holzapfel, G A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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