The potential effect on hip fracture incidence of mass screening for osteoporosis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 486-488

  Pocock, Nicholas A ^a   Culton, Nicole L ^a   Harris, Neil D ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0033577747     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127851.x     Document Type: Article

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