Research in THA and TKA from the United States has declined over the past decade relative to other countries

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Meneghini, R Michael ^a   Russo, Glenn S ^b   Lieberman, Jay R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SERIAL PUBLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960197110     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110526-03     Document Type: Article

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