Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1275-1286 , December 2008

Femoral geometry as a risk factor for osteoporotic hip fracture in men and women

  • Jennifer S. Gregory

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Aberdeen, Division of Applied Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK. Tel.: +44 1224 553555; fax: +44 1224 559533.
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  • Richard M. Aspden

Received 15 May 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 25 September 2008.

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