Marked secular increase in the incidence rates of osteoporotic hip fractures in women and men in southern Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 708-711

  Liel, Yair ^a,b   Castel, Hana ^a,b   Alkalay, Daphna ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis; Osteoporotic men; Osteoporotic women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28244488131     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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