Incidence of osteoporotic fractures in Southern Israel

Harefuah

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-21+86

  Liel, Yair ^a   Castel, Hana ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LOW IMPACT FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 1542288022     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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