Variability in the assessment of fracture-healing in orthopaedic trauma studies

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1862-1868

  Corrales, Luis A ^a   Morshed, Saam ^c   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Miclau III, Theodore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 51349111786     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01580     Document Type: Article

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