The epidemiology of humeral shaft fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-253

  Tytherleigh Strong, G ^a,b   Walls, N ^a,b   McQueen, M M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0031935152     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B2.8113     Document Type: Article

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