Management of osteoporosis in an orthopaedic department: Audit improves practice

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 620-621

  Charalambous, C P ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Tryfonides, M ^a   Rajkumar, P ^a   Hirst, P ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCICHEW D3 FORTE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036775695     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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