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- Title
Recent trends in the incidence and lifetime risk of hip fracture in Tottori, Japan.
- Authors
Hagino, H; Furukawa, K; Fujiwara, S; Okano, T; Katagiri, H; Yamamoto, K; Teshima, R
- Abstract
Hip fracture incidence from 2004 to 2006 in the Tottori prefecture of Japan was investigated and compared with previously reported rates. The age- and gender-specific incidence of hip fracture in the Tottori prefecture has not plateaued, as has been reported for populations in Northern Europe or North America.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 4, p543
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-008-0685-0