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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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