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Epidemiology of falls and osteoporotic fractures: a systematic review

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Fractures in elderly populations result from the combination of falls and osteoporosis. We report a systematic review of studies indexed in PubMed reporting annual rates of low-trauma falls and associated osteoporotic fractures among older community-dwelling people (age ≥ 50...

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Autores principales: Morrison, Alan, Fan, Tao, Sen, Shuvayu S, Weisenfluh, Lauren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300349
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S38721