Contribution of weather to the seasonality of distal forearm fractures: A population-based study in Rochester, Minnesota

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-259

  Jacobsen, S J ^a   Sargent, D J ^a   Atkinson, E J ^a   O'Fallon, W M ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal forearm fracture; Epidemiology; Population based study; Seasons; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WINTER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 0032910892     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050145     Document Type: Article

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