Clinicians need to treat underlying osteoporosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7819, 2011, Pages

  Wahl, Denys A ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^b   Boonen, Steven ^c  

^a International Osteoporosis Foundation Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BACK PAIN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84859009669     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5040     Document Type: Letter

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