Hip fracture in Northern Ireland, 1985-2010. Are age-specific fracture rates still rising?

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 123-126

  Turkington, Paul ^a   Mcdonald, Sinead ^a   Elliott, James ^a   Beringer, Timothy ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84868316224     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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