Population based epidemiologic and morphologic study of femoral shaft fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 372, Issue , 2000, Pages 241-249

  Salminen, Sari T ^a,c   Pihlajamäki, Harri K ^a   Avikainen, Veikko J ^b   Böstman, Ole M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034100702     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200003000-00026     Document Type: Article

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