Incidence and mortality of hip fracture among the elderly population in South Korea: a population-based study using the National Health Insurance claims data

BACKGROUND: The lack of epidemiologic information on osteoporotic hip fractures hampers the development of preventive or curative measures against osteoporosis in South Korea. We conducted a population-based study to estimate the annual incidence of hip fractures. Also, we examined factors associate...

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Autores principales: Kang, Hye-Young, Yang, Kyu-hyeon, Kim, Yoon Nam, Moon, Seong-hwan, Choi, Won-Jung, Kang, Dae Ryong, Park, Seong Eun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20438644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-230

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