Is COVID-19 affecting the incidence of hip fractures?

Affiliations

¹ Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Calle Buenos Aires 5B, 14006 Córdoba, Spain. Electronic address: josecarlosdiaz10@gmail.com.
² Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Calle Buenos Aires 5B, 14006 Córdoba, Spain.
³ Animal experimentation service (SAEX), University of Cordoba, Spain.
⁴ Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.

José Carlos Minarro et al. Injury. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;51(10):2329.

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.07.018. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

¹ Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Calle Buenos Aires 5B, 14006 Córdoba, Spain. Electronic address: josecarlosdiaz10@gmail.com.
² Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Calle Buenos Aires 5B, 14006 Córdoba, Spain.
³ Animal experimentation service (SAEX), University of Cordoba, Spain.
⁴ Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.

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