Epidemiology of hip and wrist fractures in Cameroon, Africa

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Zebaze, Roger Martin Djoumessi ^a   Seeman, Ego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis; Wrist fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 20444502923     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-002-1356-1     Document Type: Article

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