Occult femoral neck fractures in the elderly: Optimisation of investigation

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1024, 1996, Pages 235-237

  Pool, Felicity J ^a   Crabbe, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030604594     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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