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Volume 3, 1979 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Mechanical properties of the mammalian vas deferens. I. In the passive state

S. K. Batra Northern Research Company, Cambridge; Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., Argonne National Laboratory; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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I. P. Krepchin Northern Research Company, Cambridge; Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., Argonne National Laboratory; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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C. W. Lau Northern Research Company, Cambridge; Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., Argonne National Laboratory; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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W. J. Shack Northern Research Company, Cambridge; Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., Argonne National Laboratory; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts
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T. J. Lardner Northern Research Company, Cambridge; Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., Argonne National Laboratory; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts
Pages 107-117 | Received 26 Apr 1979, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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