The hospitalisation costs and out-patient costs of fragility fractures

Women's Health Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 149-151

  Stevenson, MD ^a   Davis, SE ^a   Kanis, JA ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

costs; fracture; hospitalisation; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248358604     PISSN: 17441870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/wohm.2006.3.4.149     Document Type: Article

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