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- Title
Risk of new clinical fractures within 2 years following a fracture.
- Authors
van Helden, Svenhjalmar; Cals, Jochen; Kessels, Fons; Brink, Peter; Dinant, Geert Jan; Geusens, Piet
- Abstract
Clinical fractures are associated with an increased relative risk of future fractures, but the absolute risk and timing of new clinical fractures immediately after a clinical fracture have not been reported extensively. The study objective was to determine the absolute risk of subsequent clinical fractures within 2 years after a clinical fracture.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2006, Vol 17, Issue 3, p348
- ISSN
0937-941X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-005-2026-x