International variation in the incidence of hip fractures: Cross-national project on osteoporosis for the World Health Organization program for research on aging

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 242-253

  Schwartz, A V ^a   Kelsey, J L ^a   Maggi, S ^b   Tuttleman, M ^c   Ho, S C ^d   Jonsson P V ^e   Poor G ^f   De Castro, J A Sisson ^g   Xu, L ^h   Matkin, C C ^a   Nelson, L M ^a   Heyse, S P ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^h PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Hospital discharge data; Incidence rates; International comparison; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHINA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032928579     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050144     Document Type: Article

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