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Vitamin D insufficiency as a determinant of hip fractures

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Quesada-Gómez, J.M., Alonso, J. & Bouillon, R. Vitamin D insufficiency as a determinant of hip fractures. Osteoporosis Int 6 (Suppl 3), 42–47 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623764

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