The incidence of hip fracture in Malaysians above 50 years of age: Variation in different ethnic groups

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-305

  Lee, Joon Kiong ^a,b   Khir, Amir S M ^a  

^a The Clinical Guidance on the Management of Osteoporosis   (Malaysia)

^b NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asian; Ethnicity; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 36749090663     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: 14798077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2007.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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