Geographic trends in incidence of hip fractures: A comprehensive literature review

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2575-2586

  Cheng, S Y ^a   Levy, A R ^b   Lefaivre, K A ^a   Guy, P ^a   Kuramoto, L ^c   Sobolev, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Hip fracture geographic trends; Hip fracture incidence; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; EUROPE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80755175727     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1596-z     Document Type: Review

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