"pathologic" fractures: Should these be included in epidemiologic studies of osteoporotic fractures?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1969-1972

  Curtis, J R ^a,c   Taylor, A J ^b   Matthews, R S ^b   Ray, M N ^b   Becker, D J ^b   Gary, L C ^b   Kilgore, M L ^b   Morrisey, M A ^b   Saag, K G ^a,b   Warriner, A ^b   Delzell, E ^b  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hip fracture; Pathologic fracture; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449116727     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0840-2     Document Type: Article

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