Biological Evaluation of the Copper/Low-density Polyethylene Nanocomposite Intrauterine Device

Li-Xia Hu; Jing He; Li Hou; Hong Wang; Jun Li; Changsheng Xie; Zhuo Duan; Li-Kui Sun; Xin Wang; Changhong Zhu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074128

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Biological Evaluation of the Copper/Low-density Polyethylene Nanocomposite Intrauterine Device

Li-Xia Hu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Xia Hu, Jing He, Li Hou

Affiliation Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Jing He ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Xia Hu, Jing He, Li Hou

Affiliations Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, P.R. China
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Li Hou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Xia Hu, Jing He, Li Hou

Affiliation Shandong Quality Inspection Center for Medical Devices; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices, Jinan, P.R. China
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Hong Wang,

Affiliation Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Jun Li,

Affiliation Wuchang District Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Wuhan, P.R. China
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Changsheng Xie,

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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Zhuo Duan,

Affiliation Dayu Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Jingzhou, P.R. China
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Li-Kui Sun,

Affiliation Shandong Quality Inspection Center for Medical Devices; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices, Jinan, P.R. China
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Xin Wang,

Affiliation Shandong Quality Inspection Center for Medical Devices; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices, Jinan, P.R. China
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Changhong Zhu

* E-mail: reprodcentre@163.com

Affiliation Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Biological Evaluation of the Copper/Low-density Polyethylene Nanocomposite Intrauterine Device

Li-Xia Hu,
Jing He,
Li Hou,
Hong Wang,
Jun Li,
Changsheng Xie,
Zhuo Duan,
Li-Kui Sun,
Xin Wang,
Changhong Zhu

Published: September 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074128

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