Fragility fractures in fragile people : epidemiology of the age quake
Osteoporosis-related fracture is already today a major public health problem and the number of hip fractures is expected to double to 2030. Sweden has one of the highest hip fracture incidences worldwide. This may be explained by several factors: e.g. age, genetic, climatologic, geographic and a rel...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Umeå universitet, Ortopedi
2009
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-22729 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7264-739-8 |