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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Fractures of the hip and distal forearm in west africa and the United Kingdom
Age and Ageing, Volume 20, No. 6, Year 1991
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Description
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. © 1991 British Geriatrics Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Adebajo, Adewale Olukayode
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Cooper, Cyrus C.
United Kingdom, Bristol
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Grimley-Evans, John
United Kingdom, Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 79
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/ageing/20.6.435
ISSN:
00020729
Research Areas
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Participants Gender
Female