Four score years and ten. An analysis of the epidemiology of fractures in the very elderly

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1111-1114

  Court Brown, C M ^a   Clement, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fractures; Fragility fractures; Nonagenarians; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 68949155377     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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