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Parity, Breastfeeding, and Osteoporosis

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, 1 Stavrou Niarchou Street, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

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Sioka, C., Fotopoulos, A. Parity, Breastfeeding, and Osteoporosis. Calcif Tissue Int 108, 277–278 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-020-00766-4

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