Risk of hip fractures in soft protected, hard protected, and unprotected falls

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-310

  Bentzen, H ^a   Bergland, A ^b   Forsen L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 51749094682     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.018275     Document Type: Article

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