Epidemiology and structural basis of racial differences in fragility fractures in Chinese and Caucasians
โ Scribed by X.-F. Wang; E. Seeman
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 706 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-941X
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