Epidemiology of osteoporotic ankle fractures in elderly persons in Finland

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 975-978

  Kannus, Pekka ^a   Parkkari, Jari ^a   Niemi, Seppo ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030479020     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-12-199612150-00007     Document Type: Article

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