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Age-related changes in the tensile creep properties of human compact bone tissue

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnikh Materialov, No. 4, pp. 701–707, July–August, 1981.

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Melnis, A.É., Knets, I.V. Age-related changes in the tensile creep properties of human compact bone tissue. Mech Compos Mater 17, 495–501 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00605920

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