Loss to follow-up matters

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 254-257

  Murray, D W ^a,b   Britton, A R ^a,c   Bulstrode, C J K ^a,b  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030895899     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B2.6975     Document Type: Article

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