The epidemiology of fractures of the proximal ulna

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-346

  Duckworth, Andrew D ^a   Clement, Nicholas D ^a   Aitken, Stuart A ^a   Court Brown, Charles M ^a   McQueen, Margaret M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronoid fracture; Epidemiology; Olecranon fracture; Proximal ulna fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ULNA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLECRANON PROCESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; ULNA FRACTURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857362986     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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