Histories including number of falls may improve risk prediction for certain non-vertebral fractures in older men

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Faulkner, K A ^a   Chan, B K S ^b   Cauley, J A ^a   Marshall, L M ^b   Ensrud, K E ^c   Stefanick, M L ^d   Orwoll, E S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350133980     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.021915     Document Type: Article

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