Falls and comorbidity: The pathway to fractures

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 287-294

  Jorgensen, Terese Sara H ^a   Holm, Ellen ^a   Hansen, Annette Højmann ^b   Sahlberg, Marie ^c   Gislason, Gunnar H ^d   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^e   Andersson, Charlotte ^f  

^a NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; elderly; falls; fractures; hip fracture; humeral fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; FALLS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY; FALLS; FRACTURES; HIP FRACTURE; HUMERAL FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899428603     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813516831     Document Type: Article

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