The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Bone Healing in Elderly Individuals with Colle's Fracture
Background Elderly men and women who smoke for many years are more likely to sustain fractures after minimal trauma than are nonsmokers. The two major risk factors for fractures are low bone mineralization density (BMD) and a propensity for falling in smokers known to have poorer neuromuscular funct...
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SAGE Publishing,
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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