Hip fractures among the elderly: Personal and contextual social factors that matter

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Reimers, Anne ^a,b   Laflamme, Lucie ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Health equity; Injuries; Material wealth

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERSONALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846953192     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000221669.26191.59     Document Type: Article

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