Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleLifetime Risk of a Hip Fracture.AuthorsMelton III, L. JosephAbstractA letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Geographic variation in the occurrence of hip fractures among the elderly White U.S. population," by W.E. Bacon and colleagues in the previous issue.SubjectsLETTERS to the editor; BONE fractures in old agePublicationAmerican Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 4, p500ISSN0090-0036Publication typeLetterDOI10.2105/AJPH.80.4.500