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Risk factors for falls with severe fracture in elderly people living in a middle-income country: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Fracture after falling has been identified as an important problem in public health. Most studies of risk factors for fractures due to falls have been carried out in developed countries, although the size of the elderly population is increasing fast in middle income countries. The object...

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Autores principales: Coutinho, Evandro SF, Fletcher, Astrid, Bloch, Katia V, Rodrigues, Laura C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2532993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18727832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-8-21