The epidemic of Hip fractures: Are we on the right track?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hartholt, Klaas A ^a   Oudshoorn, Christian ^a   Zielinski, Stephanie M ^a   Burgers, Paul T P W ^a   Panneman, Martien J M ^b   van Beeck, Ed F ^a   Patka, Peter ^a   van der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Noord Holland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; LENGTH OF STAY; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79960726800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022227     Document Type: Article

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