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Research Article

Infection after primary hip arthroplasty

A comparison of 3 Norwegian health registers

Håvard Dale The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, BergenCorrespondencehaavard.dale@helse–bergen.no
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Inge SkråmmDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog
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Hege L LøwerNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
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Hanne M EriksenNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
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Birgitte Espehaug The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen
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Ove Furnes The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen;Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Finn Egil SkjeldestadNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
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Leif I Havelin The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen;Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Lars B Engesæter The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen;Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Pages 646-654 | Published online: 09 Nov 2011

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