People with Alzheimer's disease are at increased risk of hip fracture and of mortality after hip fracture

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 78-79

  Rapp, Kilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 84862330960     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebn1160     Document Type: Note

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