Clinical risk factors for hip fracture in elderly women: A case-control study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 379-385

  Haentjens, P ^a   Autier, Ph ^b,c   Boonen, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Center for Research in Epidemiology and Health Information Systems Luxemburg   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Fracture; Hip; Prevention

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; READING; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036067331     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200207000-00003     Document Type: Article

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