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Guest Editorial
Prosthetic joint infections – a need for health economy studies
Lars Borgquist Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
, Annette W-Dahl Department of Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden
, Håvard Dale Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
, Lars Lidgren Department of Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden
& Anna Stefánsdóttir Department of Orthopaedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden
Pages 218-220
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Published online: 23 Apr 2014
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