Factors affecting mechanical properties of bone

Mechanical Testing of Bone and the Bone-Implant Interface

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 65-85

  Zioupos, Peter ^a   Smith, Chris W ^b   An, Yuehuei H ^c,d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical University of South Carolina   (United States)

^d Clemson University   (United States)

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