Considerations of sex differences in musculoskeletal anatomy

The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout The Lifespan

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-54

  Sizer Jr , Phillip S ^a   James, C Roger ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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