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Comment
. 2019 Dec;477(12):2807-2809.
doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001029.

Letter to the Editor: Editorial: Beware of Studies Claiming that Social Factors are "Independently Associated" with Biological Complications of Surgery

Jennifer Simkin  1 , Amy Bronstone, Andrew Chapple, R Carter Clement, Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, Malwina Czarny-Ratajczak, Vinod Dasa, Colette Hilliard, Andrew King, Peter Krause, Luis Marrero, Robert Maupin, Kimberlee Mix, Martin J Ronis, Mimi C Sammarco, Edward J Trapido, Robert Zura, R Grant Steen
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Letter to the Editor: Editorial: Beware of Studies Claiming that Social Factors are "Independently Associated" with Biological Complications of Surgery

Jennifer Simkin et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Dec.
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