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Editorial

Can Fracture Risk Be Predicted in the Elderly?

Mark H Edwardsa MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UKView further author information
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Elaine M Dennisonb MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK and Victoria University, Wellington, New ZealandView further author information
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Cyrus Cooperc MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK and NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 131-133 | Published online: 04 Apr 2013

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