Injury
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Four score years and ten: An analysis of the epidemiology of fractures in the very elderly

  • C.M. Court-Brown

      Affiliations

    • University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 0131 242 3516; fax: +44 0131 660 4227.
    • ,
  • N. Clement

      Affiliations

    • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

,Accepted 11 June 2009.

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PII: S0020-1383(09)00305-2

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.06.011

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