Increasing number and incidence of low-trauma ankle fractures in elderly people: Finnish statistics during 1970-2000 and projections for the future

Bone

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 430-433

  Kannus, P ^a,b   Palvanen, M ^a   Niemi, S ^a   Parkkari, J ^a   Jrvinen, M ^b  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Ankle fractures; Forecasting; Incidence; Preventive medicine; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036755828     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(02)00832-3     Document Type: Article

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