Circumstances associated to falls resulting in hip fracture in community-dwelling subjects older than 94 years old;Circunstancias asociadas a las caídas responsables de fractura de fémur en pacientes mayores de 94 años no institucionalizados

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 234-236

  Formiga, F ^a   Lopez Soto A ^b   Duaso, E ^c   Ruiz, D ^d   Chivite, D ^e   Perez Castejon J M ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Brain   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE VILADECANS   (Spain)

^f Clinica Barceloneta   (Spain)

Author keywords

Falls; Hip fracture; Very elderly patient

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SPAIN;

EID: 44349151098     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13119916     Document Type: Article

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