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  1. INSERM, U21, Unité de Recherches Cliniques et Epidémiologiques, 16, av. Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, F-94807, Villejuif Cédex, France

    C. Baudoin, V. Potard & K. Bean

  2. Registre Picard des Fractures du Col du Fémur, CHU Amiens, France

    P. Fardellone

  3. Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Amiens, France

    P. Fardellone & J. -L. Sebert

  4. Service d'Épidémiologie, SEHP, DPIM, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France

    B. Thelot

  5. Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Michallon, Grenoble, France

    R. Juvin

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Baudoin, C., Fardellone, P., Thelot, B. et al. Hip fractures in France: The magnitude and perspective of the problem. Osteoporosis Int 6 (Suppl 3), 1–10 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623756

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