A Practice-Focused Overview of Methods to Assess Obesity Before Arthroplasty
Ladan Sahafi1,2,3, Donald Bramwell3, Melanie Harris1
1Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Musculoskeletal Care
|June 17, 2015
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