Secular trends in distal humeral fractures of elderly women. Nationwide statistics in Finland between 1970 and 2007.

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1355-1358

  Palvanen, Mika ^a   Kannus, Pekka ^a,b   Niemi, Seppo ^a   Parkkari, Jari ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distal humeral fracture; Elderly women; Epidemiology; Falling; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; LOW TRAUMA DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREND STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77951254790     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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