Analysis of fractures of the proximal femur in the Jordanian population

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 28-31

  Shakhatreh, Hani S ^a  

^a NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Falls; Femur fractures; Hip fractures; Injury prevention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FRACTURE; HOSPITALS; MEDICINE; PATIENT MONITORING;

HIP FRACTURES;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035715559     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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