Incidence of hip fractures in the Lebanese population;Incidence des fractures de la hanche dans la population libanaise

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 725-729

  Baddoura, R ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEREDITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4944227163     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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