The epidemiology of fractures in adolescents with reference to social deprivation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1482-1486

  Menon, M R G ^a   Walker, J L ^a   Court Brown, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55549130781     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B11.21163     Document Type: Article

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