Epidemiology of spinal fractures among the elderly in Chongqing, China

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2109-2116

  Wang, Hongwei ^a   Li, Changqing ^a   Xiang, Qiang ^a   Xiong, Hongyan ^a   Zhou, Yue ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Spinal cord injury; Spinal fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX INJURY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84868212018     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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