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Epidemiology of hip fracture: The MEDOS study

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  1. Laboratory for Research on the Musculoskeletal System, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, 145 61, Kifissia, Greece

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Collaborating Centres: G. Dilsen, Istanbul; C. Gennari, Siena; A. A. Lopes Vaz, Porto; G. Lyritis, Athens; G. D. Mazzuoli, Rome; L. Miravet, Paris; M. Passeri, Parma; R. Pérez-Cano, Seville; A. Rapado, Madrid; C. Ribot, Toulouse.Project Group: E. Allander, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology of Rheumatic Conditions, Hudding; J. Dequeker, WHO Consultant, Leuven; J. A. Kanis, European Osteoporosis Foundation, Sheffield; N. Khaltaev, WHO Non-Communicable Diseases, Geneva.

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Lyritis, G.P., the MEDOS Study Group. Epidemiology of hip fracture: The MEDOS study. Osteoporosis Int 6 (Suppl 3), 11–15 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623757

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