Six-fold increased risk of hip fracture in older Australians (≥60 years) with dementia

INTRODUCTION: The objectives were: (1) to estimate the prevalence of dementia in older people with hip fracture (HF) and (2) to evaluate the significance of dementia and residential care as risk factors for HF in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. METHODS: We performed a prospective...

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Autores principales: Fisher, Alexander A., Davis, Michael W., Srikusalanukul, Wichat, Budge, Marc M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644204/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-006-0003-4

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