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IN rickets, as is generally known, the total phosphorus content of the bones is diminished. We have started now to investigate the distribution of phosphorus in the leg bones of normal and rachitic chickens with a radioactive phosphorus isotope as an indicator.
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DOLS, M., JANSEN, B., SIZOO, G. et al. Distribution of Phosphorus in the Leg Bones of Chickens. Nature 142, 953–954 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142953a0
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