Toe and flow: Essential components and structure of the amputation prevention team

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-348

  Rogers, Lee C ^a   Andros, George ^a   Caporusso, Joseph ^b   Harkless, Lawrence B ^c   Mills, Joseph L ^d   Armstrong, David G ^d  

^a Valley Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 78650260951     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1000342     Document Type: Article

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