Rising incidence of hip fracture in Gwangju City and Chonnam Province, Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-658

  Rowe, Sung Man ^a,b   Song, Eun Kyoo ^a   Kim, Jong Seok ^a   Lee, Jun Yub ^a   Park, Yu Bok ^a   Bae, Bong Hyun ^a   Hur, Chang Ich ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged; Hip Fractures; Incidence; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644439383     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.4.655     Document Type: Article

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