Characteristics of Falls Producing Hip Fracture in an Elderly Population

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-119

  Formiga, F ^a,b   Rivera, A ^a   Nolla, J M ^a   Pujol, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b L'Hospitalet de Llobregat   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY POSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOME; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1242284259     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075564     Document Type: Letter

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