Gender-specific hip fracture risk in community-dwelling and institutionalized seniors age 65 years and older

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-176

  Finsterwald, M ^a   Sidelnikov, E ^a   Orav, E J ^b   Dawson Hughes, B ^c   Theiler, R ^d   Egli, A ^a   Platz, A ^d   Simmen, H P ^a   Meier, C ^e   Grob, D ^a,e   Beck, S ^e   Stahelin H B ^f   Bischoff Ferrari, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hospital Zurich Triemli   (Switzerland)

^e Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dwelling; Gender; Hip fractures; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENESCENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84891856365     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2513-4     Document Type: Article

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