Hip fracture incidence among elderly Hispanics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1245-1247

  Lauderdale, Diane S ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^b   Furner, Sylvia E ^c   Levy, Paul S ^c   Brody, Jacob A ^c   Goldberg, Jack ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031877637     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1245     Document Type: Article

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