Estimating the incidence of hip fractures in East Germany from hospital discharge statistics

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 576-577

  Wildner, Manfred ^a   Casper, Waldtraut ^b   Bergmann, Karl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN;

EID: 0030694382     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.5.576     Document Type: Article

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