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The true toughness of human cortical bone measured with realistically short cracks
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Metadata
- Authors
- Koester, K. J., Ager, J. W., & Ritchie, R. O.
- Venue
- Nature Materials
- Published
- 2008-06-29
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 672-677
- ISSN
- 1476-1122 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4660
- OpenAlex
- W2077455087
- Cited by
- 558
- References
- 40
- FWCI
- 21.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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