Fractures of the shaft of the humerus. An epidemiological study of 401 fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1469-1473

  Ekholm, Radford ^a   Adami, J ^b   Tidermark, J ^a   Hansson, K ^a   Tornkvist H ^a   Ponzer, S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33751255955     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B11.17634     Document Type: Article

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