Circumstances of falls causing hip fractures in the elderly

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Aharonoff, Gina B ^a   Dennis, Michael G ^a   Elshinawy, Ashgan ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDING; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 0141842557     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200309001-00006     Document Type: Article

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