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A study of age-related changes in human cranial bones using ultrasonic flexural waves

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 2, pp. 314–318, March–April, 1980.

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Dzenis, V.V., Kregers, A.F. & Purin'sh, Y.I. A study of age-related changes in human cranial bones using ultrasonic flexural waves. Mech Compos Mater 16, 238–242 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00603940

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