Fracture rates lower in rural than urban communities: The Geelong osteoporosis study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 466-470

  Sanders, K M ^a   Nicholson, G C ^a   Ugoni, A M ^a   Seeman, E ^a   Pasco, J A ^a   Kotowicz, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036102141     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.6.466     Document Type: Article

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