Injury
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The incidence of scaphoid fracture in a military population

  • Jennifer Moriatis Wolf

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, CO, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado-Denver, 12631 E. 17th Place, Box B202, Academic Office Building-1, 4th Floor, Aurora, CO 80045, United States. Tel.: +1 303 724 2955; fax: +1 303 724 2977.
    • ,
  • Laura Dawson

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, United States
    • ,
  • Sally B. Mountcastle

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, United States
    • ,
  • Brett D. Owens

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, United States

,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00216-2

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.045

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