Open AccessTrends in hip fracture incidence and mortality in Chinese population from Hong Kong 2001-09
Author(s) -
Pui Hing Chau,
Martin C. S. Wong,
A. Lee,
M. Ling,
Jean Woo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs177
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , incidence (geometry) , demography , chinese population , gerontology , osteoporosis , biochemistry , chemistry , genotype , gene , physics , sociology , optics
here is a suggestion that while the age-adjusted incidence of hip fracture in the West may be declining, the incidence may be rising in Asia.
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