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21-11-2023 | Editorial

Challenges of orthopaedics and trauma care in the Africa, Near and Middle East region

Author: Hazem M. I. Alkhawashki

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 12/2023

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Title: Challenges of orthopaedics and trauma care in the Africa, Near and Middle East region
Author: Hazem M. I. Alkhawashki
Publication date: 21-11-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 12/2023
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-023-06030-2

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