Time to invest in a "fracture liaison nurse"!

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1225-1226

  Larsson, Sune ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR;

FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC NURSING; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 35748935885     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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