Regional variation in the incidence of hip fracture in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1039, 1997, Pages 78-80

  Norton, Robyn ^a   Yee, Thomas ^a   Rodgers, Anthony ^a   Gray, Harley ^a   MacMahon, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031567049     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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