Reduction of femoral fractures in long-term care facilities: The Bavarian fracture prevention study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Becker, Clemens ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^b   Klenk, Jochen ^a,c   Lindemann, Ulrich ^a   Heinrich, Sven ^d   König, Hans Helmut ^d   Rapp, Kilian ^a,c  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 80052283311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024311     Document Type: Article

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