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Drugs for pre-osteoporosis
 — prevention or disease mongering?
Author(s)Pablo Alonso-Coello, Alberto Lopez Garcia-Franco, Gordon Guyatt
Journal titleBritish Medical Journal, vol 336 no 7636, 19 January 2008
Pagespp 126-129
Sourcehttp://www.bmj.com
KeywordsOlder women ; Osteoporosis ; Drugs.
AnnotationAfter looking at data used to support treatment of women with slightly lowered bone mineral density, the authors argue that proponents have overstated the benefits and underplayed the harms. They examine the evidence from four analyses of trials of osteoporosis drugs. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-080122203 A
ClassmarkBD: CLO: LLD *

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