Economic evaluation of bone stimulation modalities: A systematic review of the literature

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-174

  Button, Melissa L ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Gharsaa, Osama ^a   LaTouche, Sandra ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone stimulation modalities; Cost effectiveness analysis; Economic evaluation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649537782     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.50852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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