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Older Male Physicians Have Lower Risk of Trochanteric but Not Cervical Hip Fractures

Background: Osteoporosis is pathophysiologically related to trochanteric fractures, and this condition is more preventable by lifestyle modifications than cervical fractures. We investigated whether older physicians, who are health-conscious people, are at a lower risk of hip fractures because of fe...

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Autores principales: Shen, Hsiu-Nien, Lin, Wei-Ting, Lu, Chin-Li, Li, Chung-Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25689999
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120202249