Symptomatic fracture incidence in Southern Tasmania: Does living in the country reduce your fracture risk?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-322

  Cooley, H M ^a   Jones, G ^a  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; FEMALE; FOOT; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TASMANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036255816     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980200032     Document Type: Article

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