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Lower prevalence of hip fractures in foreign-born individuals than in Swedish-born individuals during the period 1987-1999
BACKGROUND: This is the first longitudinal study with a 22-year follow-up, based on a national and complete sample, to determine whether the prevalence of hip fracture and the age when it occurs are influenced by migration and by being foreign-born. Cultural background and environmental factors such...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2944220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20831791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-203 |