Fractures of the Hip and Distal Forearm in West Africa and the United Kingdom
Comparison of age- and sex-specific incidence rates of fractures of the proximal femur and the distal forearm showed significantly lower rates in Ibadan than in two urban centres in England, with risk ratio of up to 20. In the Ibadan data no evidence of higher rates in women or of a prominent age-as...
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Published in | Age and ageing Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 435 - 438 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Oxford University Press
01.11.1991
Oxford Publishing Limited (England) |
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Summary: | Comparison of age- and sex-specific incidence rates of fractures of the proximal femur and the distal forearm showed significantly lower rates in Ibadan than in two urban centres in England, with risk ratio of up to 20. In the Ibadan data no evidence of higher rates in women or of a prominent age-associated increase in rates was observed. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:20.6.435 istex:F9B4C8CF95C0F25F0A1800DC7F8111791A8E9FA8 ark:/67375/HXZ-4B81JZGG-S ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0002-0729 1468-2834 |
DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/20.6.435 |