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Original Article

Outcome after Hip Fracture in Different Health Care Districts: Rehabilitation of 837 consecutive patients in primary care 1986–88

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Pages 244-251 | Received 01 Oct 1990, Accepted 01 Mar 1991, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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