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- Title
Preventing fractures in postmenopausal women: how to assess risk.
- Authors
Fung, Vincent; Kendler, David
- Abstract
The article offers information on how to assess risk of fracture in postmenopausal women. It mentions that the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) computes risk of major osteoporotic fracture and hip fracture. The Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada tool promote the consideration of other risk factors in determining whether medications needed to be advised.
- Subjects
POSTMENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE -- Risk factors; OSTEOPOROSIS; BONE fractures; WORLD Health Organization; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2011, Vol 183, Issue 18, p2129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.101054