Environmental hazards and hip fractures

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 322-325

  Parker, Martyn J ^a   Twemlow, Thomas R ^b   Pryor, Glyn A ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 0030016557     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.4.322     Document Type: Article

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