Tendons and ligaments: Structure, mechanical behavior and biological function

Collagen: Structure and Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 269-284

  Biewener, A A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73906-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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