Incidence and seasonal variation in hip fracture incidence among elderly women in Norway. The HUNT Study

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1294-1298

  Grønskag, Anna Brenne ^a   Forsmo, Siri ^a   Romundstad, Pål ^a   Langhammer, Arnulf ^c   Schei, Berit ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hip fracture; Incidence; Osteoporosis; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORWAY; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 77951258250     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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