Letter to the Editor referring to the article "Mineral heterogeneity affects predictions of intratrabecular stress and strain" published in Journal of Biomechanics (volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 402-407)

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1824-1828

  Wagner, David W ^a   Beaupre, Gary S ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; LETTER; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS; ADULT; AGED; BONE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CADAVER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80053378437     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.01.040     Document Type: Letter

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