Risk factors for pelvis fracture in older persons

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 879-886

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b   Prill, Mila M ^a,c   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a,d   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^e   Sidney, Steven ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Estrogen replacement therapy; Fractures; Frail elderly; Osteoporosis; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WALKING AID;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PELVIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27544442150     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi295     Document Type: Article

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