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  1. WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK

    J. A. Kanis, A. Oden, H. Johansson & E. V. McCloskey

  2. Osteoporosis Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK

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Kanis, J.A., Oden, A., Johansson, H. et al. Expressing fracture risk. Osteoporos Int 19, 593–594 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-007-0529-3

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