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Effect of pregnancy and lactation on maternal bone mass and calcium metabolism

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  1. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands

    G. N. Kent

  2. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands

    R. I. Price, D. H. Gutteridge, J. R. Allen, S. G. Wilson & R. W. Retallack

  3. Department of Biophysics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands

    R. I. Price

  4. School of Physics and Geosciences, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley

    K. J. Rosman

  5. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, State Health Laboratories, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia

    C. I. Bhagat

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Kent, G.N., Price, R.I., Gutteridge, D.H. et al. Effect of pregnancy and lactation on maternal bone mass and calcium metabolism. Osteoporosis Int 3 (Suppl 1), 44–47 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01621861

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