An updated hip fracture projection in Asia: The Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies study

Cheung, Ching‐Lung; Bin Ang, Seng; Chadha, Manoj; Siu-Lun Chow, Eddie; Chung, Yoon‐Sok; Lee Hew, Fen; Jaisamrarn, Unnop; Ng, Hou; Takeuchi, Yasuhiro; Wu, Chih-Hsing; Xia, Weibo; L. Yu, Julie; Fujiwara, Saeko

doi:10.1016/j.afos.2018.03.003

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An updated hip fracture projection in Asia: The Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies study

Published in Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia • Mar 1, 2018

Authors:

Ching‐Lung Cheung

Seng Bin Ang

Manoj Chadha

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Hip fracture is a major public health problem. Earlier studies projected that the total number of hip fracture will increase dramatically by 2050, and most of the hip fracture will occur in Asia. To date, only a few studies provided the updated projection, and none of them focused on the...

Subject

Hip fracture

Medicine

Osteoporosis

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