Hip fractures among indigenous western Australians from 1999 to 2009

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1287-1292

  Wong, Y Y E ^a,b   Flicker, L ^a,b   Draper, G ^c   Lai, M M Y ^b   Waldron, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fall; Hip fracture; Indigenous; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FALL; HIP FRACTURE; INDIGENOUS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890134949     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12040     Document Type: Article

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