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| Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls | | Author(s) | Teppo Järvinen, Harri Sievänen, Karim M Khan |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 336 no 7636, 19 January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 124-126 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Fractures ; Falls ; Osteoporosis ; Preventative medicine. |
| Annotation | Although preventing fractures in older people is important, the authors of this article believe that we should be putting our efforts into stopping falls, not treating low bone mineral density. It is falling, not osteoporosis, that is the strongest single risk factor for fractures in older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080122202 A |
| Classmark | CUF: OLF: CLO: LK2 * |
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