Age and sex as determinants of mortality after hip fracture: 3,895 patients followed for 2.5–18.5 years

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 525-531

  Schrøder, Henrik M ^a   Erlandsen, Mogens ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Hip fracture; Mortality; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027747843     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199312000-00007     Document Type: Article

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