Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 107-118 , February 2008

Fetal and postnatal bone development: reviewing the role of mechanical stimuli and nutrition

  • Christof Land, MD (Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist)
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  • Eckhard Schoenau, MD (Professor of Paediatrics, Senior Clinical Fellow)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2007.09.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 107-118 , February 2008

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