Injury
Volume 40, Issue 10 , Pages 1088-1092 , October 2009

Accidental falls involving medical implant re-operation

  • Kevin L. Ong

      Affiliations

    • Exponent, Inc., 3401 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
    • School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Exponent, Inc., 3401 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Tel.: +1 215 594 8874; fax: +1 215 594 8898.
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  • Edmund Lau

      Affiliations

    • Exponent, Inc., 149 Commonwealth Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
    • ,
  • Tara Moore

      Affiliations

    • Exponent, Inc., 3401 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
    • ,
  • Michelle F. Heller

      Affiliations

    • Exponent, Inc., 3401 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States

,Accepted 8 May 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00268-X

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.007

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