Risk of Hip Fracture in Community-dwelling and Institutionalized Osteoporotic Patients: A 3-year Study
Background and aims: It has been previously suggested that the incidence of hip fracture is higher among people living in nursing homes than among community-dwelling people. However, it is not clear whether this is a consequence of nursing home residency or of the greater age of the residents. We ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2013-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Gerontology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959812001561 |