Multiple fractures in the elderly

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Clement, N D ^a   Aitken, S ^a   Duckworth, A D ^a   McQueen, M M ^a   Court Brown, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINGER FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84856899393     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B2.27381     Document Type: Article

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