Physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for hip fracture in the elderly.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on December 01, 1993

Authors

C Coupland1, D Wood, C Cooper

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital.

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