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Influence of physical activity on vertebral size

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  1. Anatomy and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 7, P.O. Box 5000, 90014, Oulu, Finland

    Juho-Antti Junno & Juha Tuukkanen

  2. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland

    Markus Paananen, Jaro Karppinen & Osmo Tervonen

  3. LIKES Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Tuija Tammelin

  4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

    Jaakko Niinimäki & Miika Nieminen

  5. Department of Arts and Anthropology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Juho-Antti Junno, Markku Niskanen & Kaija Kamula

  6. Institute of Health Sciences and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Marika Kaakinen

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Junno, JA., Paananen, M., Karppinen, J. et al. Influence of physical activity on vertebral size. Osteoporos Int 22, 371–372 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-010-1252-z

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