Artery Research
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 73-78 , June 2009

Wall shear stress revisited

  • Robert S. Reneman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 43 388 1198; fax: +31 43 388 4166.
    • ,
  • Hans Vink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Arnold P.G. Hoeks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 18 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2009.02.005

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