Regional Variation in the Incidence of Hip Fracture: US White Women Aged 65 Years and Older

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 500-502

  Jacobsen, Steven J ^a,b   Goldberg, Jack ^a,c   Miles, Toni P ^a   Brody, Jacob A ^a   Stiers, William ^d   Rimm, Alfred A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Hines Hospital   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025311911     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450040096038     Document Type: Article

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