Survival among elderly patients after fractures of the distal radius

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 948-952

  Rozental, Tamara D ^a,b   Branas, Charles C ^a,b   Bozentka, David J ^a,b   Beredjiklian, Pedro K ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Elderly; Fracture; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0036860350     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.36995     Document Type: Article

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