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Housing in the Animal Enclosure Module Spaceflight Hardware Increases Trabecular Bone Mass in Ground-Control Mice

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|Jul 2013

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Language: English
Page range: 2 - 19
Published on: Jul 1, 2013
Published by: American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
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© 2013 Shane A. Lloyd, Virginia S. Ferguson, Steven J. Simske, Alexander W. Dunlap, Eric W. Livingston, Ted A. Bateman, published by American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
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