Open AccessHip fracture in Hong Kong over the last decade - a comparison with the UK
Author(s) -
Eric S. H. Lau,
Cyrus Cooper,
Horatio Fung,
David M. Lam,
Kit Man Tsang
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/21.3.249
Subject(s) - hip fracture , demography , medicine , incidence (geometry) , population , public health , epidemiology , census , osteoporosis , environmental health , physics , nursing , sociology , optics , endocrinology
Hip fracture is a major public health problem in Asia and the UK. The objectives of this study were to describe the trends of hip fracture in Hong Kong over the last decade, and to compare the incidence in Hong Kong with that from the Wessex Health Region of the UK in 1995.
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