Case control study of hip fractures in the metropolitan region of Chile;Fractura de la cadera: Estudio de casos y controles en la región metropolitana I

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Valdivia C, Gonzalo ^a   Giaconi, Juan ^b   Arteaga U, Eugenio ^b   Pumarino C, Hugo ^b   Gajardo L, Héctor ^b   Villarroel Del P, Luis ^b  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fractures; Hip joint; Preventive medicine; Probability; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030072612     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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