Osteoporosis: Are healthcare professionals missing an opportunity

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Khan, Yusra Habib ^a   Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain ^b   Sarriff, Azmi ^a   Khan, Amer Hayat ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Government College (GC) University   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84887286865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-463     Document Type: Article

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