Osteoporosis follow-up after wrist fractures following minor trauma.
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- 28 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 161 (10) , 1309-1312
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.161.10.1309
Abstract
THE MAJOR consequences of osteoporosis are fractures, especially of the wrists, vertebrae, and hips. These fragility fractures confer a significant morbidity, mortality, and cost to the Canadian public.1-3 Strategies to prevent such fractures are important both to the individual and from a public health care perspective.Keywords
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