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Phenomenological and Mechanobiological Approaches to Numerical Simulation of Bone Remodeling: A Review Cover

Phenomenological and Mechanobiological Approaches to Numerical Simulation of Bone Remodeling: A Review

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2025-0059 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5319 | Journal ISSN: 1898-4088
Language: English
Page range: 514 - 517
Submitted on: Jul 2, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 18, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Bialystok University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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