Injury
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Current practice regarding re-use of trauma instrumentation: results of a postal questionnaire survey

  • Robert U Ashford

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK. Tel.: +44-114-2711725; fax: +44-114-2739176
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  • Ketan C Pande
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  • Abhijit Dey

,Accepted 27 June 2000.

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