Foot focus: International initiative to eradicate clubfeet using the Ponseti method

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 468-471

  Saltzman, Hanna M ^a,b  

^a NONE

^b Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUBFOOT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLASTER CAST; PONSETI METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 65749114061     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI-2009-0468     Document Type: Review

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