Fractures of the hip: Does the type of fall really affect the site of fracture?

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 585-587

  Hopkinson Woolley, James A ^a,b   Parker, Martyn J ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Flat 4 ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 0032192465     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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