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Hip fracture incidence in Japan: estimates of new patients in 2007 and 20-year trends

SUMMARY: We estimated the number of hip fracture patients in 2007 in Japan and investigated the trends in incidence during a 20-year period from 1987 to 2007. Despite the increasing number of new patients, the incidence of hip fracture in some age groups showed the possibility of decline. PURPOSE: T...

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Autores principales: Orimo, Hajime, Yaegashi, Yumi, Onoda, Toshiyuki, Fukushima, Yasumasa, Hosoi, Takayuki, Sakata, Kiyomi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20234789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-009-0031-y