Epidemiology of fragility fractures in Italy

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Piscitelli, Prisco ^a   Brandi, Maria Luisa ^a   Chitano, Giovanna ^b   Argentiero, Alberto ^b   Neglia, Cosimo ^b   Distante, Alessandro ^b,c   Saturnino, Luca ^d   Tarantino, Umberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISBEM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractures; Hip; Humerus; Incidence; Vertebra; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 80055105730     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: 19713266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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