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- Title
Construction of a FRAX® model for the assessment of fracture probability in Canada and implications for treatment.
- Authors
Leslie, W D; Lix, L M; Langsetmo, L; Berger, C; Goltzman, D; Hanley, D A; Adachi, J D; Johansson, H; Oden, A; McCloskey, E; Kanis, J A
- Abstract
We describe the creation of a FRAX® model for the assessment of fracture probability in Canadian men and women, calibrated from national hip fracture and mortality data. This FRAX tool was used to examine possible thresholds for therapeutic intervention in Canada in two large complementary cohorts of women and men.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 3, p817
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-010-1464-2