The effect of latitude on the risk and seasonal variation in hip fracture in Sweden

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2217-2223

  Odeń, Anders ^a   Kanis, John A ^a   McCloskey, Eugene V ^a   Johansson, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Latitude; Population density; Season; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HIP FRACTURES; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84907651958     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2250     Document Type: Article

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