Secular trends in proximal femoral fracture, Oxford record linkage study area and England 1968-86

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 424-429

  Grimley Evans, J ^a   Seagroatt, Valerie ^b   Goldacre, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030756440     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.424     Document Type: Article

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