Visual risk factors for hip fracture in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-363

  Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^b   Peduto, Anthony J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort; Hip fracture; Survival analysis; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSAFETY; CATARACT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RETINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0037344237     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51109.x     Document Type: Article

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