Relationship between mortality and BMI after fracture: a population-based study of men and women aged ≥40 years.
Fractures in obese older individuals contribute significantly to the overall burden on primary health care, but data on their impact on mortality are lacking. We studied the association between obesity and mortality following hip and nonhip clinical fractures in a retrospective, population-based coh...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2014
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