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Discrepancies in national incidence trends for hip fracture: why does Austria have such a high incidence?

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  1. General Practice and Institute of Health Services Research, Rankweil, Austria

    Eva Mann

  2. Institute of Medical Sociology, Faculty of Public Health, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Andrea Icks

  3. Institute of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

    Gabriele Meyer

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Mann, E., Icks, A. & Meyer, G. Discrepancies in national incidence trends for hip fracture: why does Austria have such a high incidence?. Wien Klin Wochenschr 122, 126–128 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-010-1321-5

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