Devices and techniques for in vitro mechanical stimulation of bone cells

Bone Mechanics Handbook, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 27-1-27-22

  Brown, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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