Seasonal variations in incidence of fractures among elderly people

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-19

  Bulajic Kopjar, Marija ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fractures; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034151030     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.1.16     Document Type: Article

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