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A model for the contraction of smooth muscle

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  1. Institute of Mechanics and Biomechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    A. I. Rachev, Ts. P. Ivanov & K. K. Boev

  2. Institute of Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    A. I. Rachev, Ts. P. Ivanov & K. K. Boev

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Presented to the Second All-Union Conference on Biomechanics, Riga, April 1979.

Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 2, pp. 339–344, March–April, 1980.

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Rachev, A.I., Ivanov, T.P. & Boev, K.K. A model for the contraction of smooth muscle. Mech Compos Mater 16, 259–263 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00603944

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