The paediatric flat foot and general anthropometry in 140 Australian school children aged 7 - 10 years

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Evans, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 79956347926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-4-12     Document Type: Article

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