Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004

A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients

Charlotte K ThurDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]

Gustaf EdgrenDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

Karl-Åke JanssonDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital

Per WretenbergDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital

Pages 276-281 | Received 14 Apr 2011, Accepted 27 Dec 2011, Published online: 08 Mar 2012

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