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To understand the etiology of osteoporosis from a biomechanical perspective, it is necessary to know bone chemical compositions, their roles in regulating bone strength, and their changes through the life.

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Luo, Y. (2017). Bone Composition, Metabolism and Bone Disease. In: Image-Based Multilevel Biomechanical Modeling for Fall-Induced Hip Fracture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51671-4_2

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