Growing pains: Contemporary knowledge and recommended practice

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Evans, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 68349117647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-1-4     Document Type: Review

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