Epidemiology and treatment of distal radius fractures in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2004

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 494-498

  Sigurdardottir, Kristbjörg ^a   Halldorsson, Sigurdur ^b   Robertsson, Johann ^c  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Health Center of Thingeyjarsyslur   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052503903     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2011.606074     Document Type: Article

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