Osteoporosis is not a risk factor for the development of nonunion: A cohort nested case-control study

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1491-1494

  Van Wunnik, B P W ^a   Weijers, P H E ^a   Van Helden, S H ^a,b   Brink, P R G ^a   Poeze, M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Cohort nested case control study; Fractures; Nonunion; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TIBIA FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80755140547     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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