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Title
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mortality following hip fracture: a population-based cohort study.
Authors
de Luise, Cynthia; Brimacombe, Michael; Pedersen, Lars; Sørensen, Henrik Toft
Abstract
Mortality rates after hip fracture have not declined in 20 years. We assessed the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on mortality after hip fracture, and compared mortality in this cohort to persons without hip fracture in a population-based prospective cohort study.
Publication
European journal of epidemiology, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 2, p115