Open AccessEx-smokers and risk of hip fracture.
Author(s) -
Lisa Forsén,
K Bjartveit,
Arild Bjørndal,
Tom-Harald Edna,
Haakon E. Meyer,
Berit Schei
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.88.10.1481
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , relative risk , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , cohort , smoking cessation , demography , osteoporosis , physics , pathology , sociology , optics
The purpose of this study was to examine the reversibility of the effect of smoking on hip fracture incidence rates.