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Features of limb fractures: a review of epidemiology from a Japanese perspective

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Hagino, H. Features of limb fractures: a review of epidemiology from a Japanese perspective. J Bone Miner Metab 25, 261–265 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-007-0760-1

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