Risk of hip fracture in Poland

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Jaworski, Maciej ^a   Lorenc, Roman S ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

10 year risk; Fracture risk; Hip fracture; Lifetime risk; Osteoporosis; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34147161626     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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