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Effects of Electric Currents on Bone In Vivo

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  1. C. ANDREW L. BASSETT: Career Scientist, Health Research Council of the City of New York.

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  1. Orthopædic Research Laboratories, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

    C. ANDREW L. BASSETT & ROBERT J. PAWLUK

  2. Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Syracuse, New York

    ROBERT O. BECKER

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BASSETT, C., PAWLUK, R. & BECKER, R. Effects of Electric Currents on Bone In Vivo. Nature 204, 652–654 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204652a0

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