Very low rates of hip fracture in Beijing, People's Republic of China: The Beijing osteoporosis project

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 901-907

  Xu, Ling ^a   Lu, Aimin ^a   Zhao, Xihe ^b   Chen, Xiaoshu ^b   Cummings, Steven R ^c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; Asiatic race; diagnosis; hip fractures; hospital records

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0007773799     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009024     Document Type: Article

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