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Health care costs of women with symptomatic vertebral fractures

  • Suezann Puffer

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +44-1904-321-388.
    • York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, York University, York YO10 5DD, UK
    • ,
  • David J Torgerson

      Affiliations

    • York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, York University, York YO10 5DD, UK
    • ,
  • David Sykes

      Affiliations

    • Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
    • ,
  • Pam Brown

      Affiliations

    • The Grove Medical Centre, Uplands, Swansea SA2 0GU, UK
    • ,
  • Cyrus Cooper

      Affiliations

    • MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton S016 6YD, UK

Received 6 January 2004 ,Revised 9 March 2004 ,Accepted 24 March 2004.

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PII: S8756-3282(04)00131-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.03.035

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