Osteoporosis: It's time to 'mind the gap'

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 672-673

  Ebeling, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34748890455     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01495.x     Document Type: Editorial

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