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Changes in bone and calcium metabolism with space flight

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  1. Space Utilization Promotion Department, National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Tsukuba, Japan

    T. Shigematsu MD, Ph.D., A. Miyamoto, C. Mukai, H. Oshima & C. Sekiguchi

  2. Departments of Hygiene & Space Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    A. Miyamoto

  3. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku, 105, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Shigematsu MD, Ph.D., Y. Kawaguchi & T. Hosoya

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Shigematsu, T., Miyamoto, A., Mukai, C. et al. Changes in bone and calcium metabolism with space flight. Osteoporos Int 7 (Suppl 3), 63–67 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03194345

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