The wait for total hip replacement in patients with osteoarthritis

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-109

  Gaudet, Marie Claire ^a   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^b   Rossignol, Michel ^h   Zukor, David ^d   Tanzer, Michael ^f   Gravel, Charles ^g   Newman, Nicholas ^c   Dumais, Réjean ^h   Shrier, Ion ^e,i  

^a Division of Santé Communautaire

^b Université de Montréal Pavillon   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Department of Orthopaedics ^*

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^h CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 34248582434     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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