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Are competing risks models appropriate to describe implant failure?

Adrian SayersMusculoskeletal Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Bristol; ;Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol; Correspondence[email protected]
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Jonathan T EvansMusculoskeletal Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Bristol;
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Michael R WhitehouseMusculoskeletal Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Bristol; ;National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, UK
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Ashley W BlomMusculoskeletal Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Bristol; ;National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol, UK
Pages 256-258 | Received 08 Dec 2017, Accepted 06 Feb 2018, Published online: 09 Mar 2018

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