The spectrum of fractures in the elderly

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 96 B, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 366-372

  Court Brown, C M ^a   Clement, N D ^a   Duckworth, A D ^a   Aitken, S ^a   Biant, L C ^a   McQueen, M M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; VERY ELDERLY;

ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTURES; FRAGILITY FRACTURES; MULTIPLE FRACTURES; OSTEOPOROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84895746130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.96B3     Document Type: Article

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