Bone stimulators: Beyond the black box

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-110

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a,c   Jain, Anil K ^b  

^a 2309 Hoover Court ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67649512759     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.50842     Document Type: Editorial

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