Growing knowledge about hip fracture in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-9

  Qureshi, Aamir ^a   Seymour, D Gwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037273129     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.1.8     Document Type: Editorial

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