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Crystal Structure of Hydroxyapatite

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  2. Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York

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KAY, M., YOUNG, R. & POSNER, A. Crystal Structure of Hydroxyapatite. Nature 204, 1050–1052 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041050a0

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