Long-term mortality following stroke, myocardial infarction and fractured neck of femur in Western Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 815-819

  Beer, C ^a   Xiao, J ^b   Flicker, L ^a   Almeida, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Femoral neck fracture; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36348954937     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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