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- Title
Excess mortality after hip fracture among elderly women in Norway. The HUNT study.
- Authors
Grønskag, A B; Romundstad, P; Forsmo, S; Langhammer, A; Schei, B
- Abstract
We wanted to study mortality after hip fractures among elderly women in Norway. We found that excess mortality was highest short time after hip fracture, but persisted for several years after the fracture. The excess mortality was not explained by pre-fracture medical conditions.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 6, p1807
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-011-1811-y