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A non-markovian model for calcium kinetics in the body

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We present a new generalized compartmental model for calcium kinetics as measured by tracer concentration in blood plasma. The parameter measuring incorporation of calcium in bone discriminates between different levels of physical development in female teenagers and between teenagers and adults.

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  1. Physical Sciences Laboratory, DCRT, National Institutes of Health, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    George H. Weiss & Moshe Gitterman

  2. Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    Ronald E. Goans, Nancy E. Vieira & Alfred L. Yergey

  3. Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, 52100, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Moshe Gitterman

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, 77030, Houston, Texas

    Steven A. Abrams

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Weiss, G.H., Goans, R.E., Gitterman, M. et al. A non-markovian model for calcium kinetics in the body. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics 22, 367–379 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353861

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