Epidemiology of hip fractures in Ecuador Epidemiología de las fracturas de cadera en 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...
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Language: | English Spanish Portuguese |
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Pan American Health Organization
2009
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c30c50f1d53a40dfbd60c15192ea8792 |