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Research Article

No association between blood count levels and whole-blood cobalt and chromium levels in 1,900 patients with metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty

Noora Honkasaaria Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere;b University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere
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Olli Lainialaa Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere;b University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, TampereCorrespondence[email protected]
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Outi Laineb University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere;c Tampere University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere, Finland
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Aleksi Reitoa Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere;b University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere
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Antti Eskelinena Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere;b University of Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Tampere
Pages 711-716 | Published online: 02 Oct 2020

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