Epidemiology of hip fractures in Ecuador.
Objectives. To report the age-, sex-, and type-specific hip fracture incidence rates in Ecuador. A secondary objective was to examine hip fracture geographic variations in Latin America. Methods. The Anuario de Egresos Hospitalarios was analyzed to determine the number of persons aged 50 years or ol...
| Publicado en: | Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 438 - 443 |
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Pan American Health Organization
May2009
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