Racial differences in expectations of joint replacement surgery outcomes
β Scribed by Groeneveld, Peter W. ;Kwoh, C. Kent ;Mor, Maria K. ;Appelt, Cathleen J. ;Geng, Ming ;Gutierrez, Jennifer C. ;Wessel, Damaris S. ;Ibrahim, Said A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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