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Tilley, B.C., Peterson, E.L., Kleerekoper, M. et al. Designing clinical trials of treatment for osteoporosis: Recruitment and follow-up. Calcif Tissue Int 47, 327–331 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555882
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