Chapter-30 Fragility fractures
BOOK TITLE: Key Clinical Topics in Trauma
Author
1. Porter Keith
2. Greaves Ian
3. Burke Derek
ISBN
9781909836082
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18510_31
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2016
Pages
4
Author Affiliations
1.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
2.
James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
3.
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Chapter keywords
Fragility fracture,
epidemiology,
pathophysiology,
osteoporosis,
nutritional factor,
bone loss,
postmenopausal bone loss,
hip fracture,
distal radius fracture,
fragility fracture prevention