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. 2007 Oct;97(10):1733-4.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.116897. Epub 2007 Aug 29.

Remarkable decline in hip fracture incidence in younger age groups in Germany

Andrea Icks, Burkhard Haastert, Gabriele Meyer

Remarkable decline in hip fracture incidence in younger age groups in Germany

Andrea Icks et al. Am J Public Health. 2007 Oct.
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