Growth of C57Bl/6 Mice and the Material and Mechanical Properties of Cortical Bone from the Tibia

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-475

  Somerville, J M ^a   Aspden, R M ^a   Armour, K E ^a   Armour, K J ^a   Reid, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Growth; Material properties; Mechanical properties; Mouse

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; GENDER; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442572428     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-003-0101-x     Document Type: Article

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