Hip fractures cluster in space: An epidemiological analysis in Portugal

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1797-1804

  De Pina, M F ^a,b   Alves, S M ^a,c   Barbosa, M ^a,d   Barros, H ^b  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis; Spatial analysis; Spatial clusters; Spatial dependency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BONE DENSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 55049139569     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0623-1     Document Type: Article

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