A sideways fall and hip fracture

Bone

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-384

  Kannus, Pekka ^a,b   Leiponen, Petri ^b   Parkkari, Jari ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a   Järvinen, Markku ^b  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fall induced high impact injury; Hip fracture; Older individuals; Young healthy adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745030834     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.01.148     Document Type: Article

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