Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/bmj.39428.470752.AD and PMC identifier 2206310.
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Abstract
Preventing fractures in older people is important. But <b>Teppo Järvinen and colleagues </b>believe that we should be putting our efforts into stopping falls not treating low bone mineral density
Medical subject headings
- Accidental Falls
- Bone Density Conservation Agents
- Hip Fractures
- Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal