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GP perceptions on improving a secondary care–based Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)

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ZP is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Award (CS-2018-18-ST2-010)/NIHR Academy. FCM is partly funded by the NIHR Clinical Research Scholar Programme.

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  1. Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University & Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

    F. Crawford-Manning, C. Dowson & Z. Paskins

  2. Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

    K. Gould & N. Dale

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Crawford-Manning, F., Gould, K., Dale, N. et al. GP perceptions on improving a secondary care–based Fracture Liaison Service (FLS). Osteoporos Int 31, 2493–2494 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05648-x

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