Proximal femural fractures: Epidemiology

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-119

  Innocenti, Massimo ^a,b   Civinini, Roberto ^a,b   Carulli, Christian ^a,b   Matassi, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b II Orthopaedic Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Proximal femoral fractures

Indexed keywords

AGING; BONE DENSITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 76249126776     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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