Risk factors for fractures of the distal forearm and proximal humerus

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 477-489

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b   Browner, Warren S ^b   Seeley, Dana G ^b   Nevitt, Michael C ^b   Cummings, Steven R ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractures; Humeral fractures; Osteoporosis; Prospective studies; Radius fractures; Ulna fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BALTIMORE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMAN; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MINNESOTA; OREGON; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026600715     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116314     Document Type: Article

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