Contralateral hip fractures - Can predisposing factors be determined?

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 421-424

  Saxena, P ^a   Shankar, J ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENILE DEMENTIA; SYNCOPE; X RAY;

EID: 0034237173     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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