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Female Osteoporosis: Taking Regular Exercise Constitutes Good Advice

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Female Osteoporosis: Taking Regular Exercise Constitutes Good Advice. Drugs Ther. Perspect 13, 8–9 (1999). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199913070-00003

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