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The Biophysical Properties of the Cervical-Vaginal Secretions, Part 3 of 3
The Biophysical Properties of the Cervical-Vaginal Secretions, Part 3 of 3 by Erik Odeblad, et al. in International Review of Natural Family Planning, Volume VII, Number 1, Spring 1983
The purpose of this contribution is to report and review some work on the biophysical properties of the human cervical and vaginal secretions and relate these properties to the practical use of natural family planning {NFP). The work reported here has been performed during the past 27 years, first at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Karolinska Institutet, Sabbatsberg Hospital, Stockholm (11 years) and then at the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Umea, Sweden (16 years).
Erik Odeblad, M.D., Ph.D., is professor and chairman, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of U mea, U mea, Sweden and formerly research fellow of the Swedish Medical Research Council, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, Sabbatsberg Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Axel lngelman-Sundberg, M.D., is emeritus professor and chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, Sabbatsberg Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. The following co-authors are from the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden: Lena Hallstrlim, physiology technician; Astrid Hoglund, cytology technician; Unto Leppanen, bio-electronics engineer; Karin Lisspers, B.M.; Eva Perenyi, B.M.,predoctoral student; Karin Rudolfsson-Asbe_rg, bio-medical engineer; Karin Sahlin, B.Sc.,predoctoral student; Carola Lindstrom-Sjogren, physiology technician; Carin Sjostrom, B.Sc., predoctoral student; Lena Strandberg-Bergstrom, B.Sc., predoctoral student; Lisbeth Wikstrom, physiology technician; and Marianne Wikstrom, B.Sc. This paper is based on lectures presented at Anahuac University, Mexico City, August 19, 1982 and the Second Congress of the Families of the Americas, August 20-24, 1982, Acapulco, Mexico.