Epidemiology of adult fractures: A review

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 691-697

  Court Brown, Charles M ^a   Caesar, Ben ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fractures; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BONE INJURY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745994558     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.04.130     Document Type: Review

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