Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 1506-1513

  Kannus, Pekka ^a   Parkkari, Jari ^a   Niemi, Seppo ^a   Pasanen, Matti ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a   Järvinen, Markku ^b   Vuori, Ilkka ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034707104     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200011233432101     Document Type: Article

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