Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 765-785 , October 2008

Osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture occurrence and prevention in the elderly: a geriatric perspective

  • Steven Boonen, MD, PhD (Professor of Geriatric Medicine; holder of the Leuven University Chair in Metabolic Bone Diseases, and senior clinical investigator of the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders, Belgium)

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  • Dirk Vanderschueren, MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine and senior clinical investigator of the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders, Belgium)
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  • Katrien Venken (Postductoral Fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research–Flanders, Belgium)
  • Koen Milisen, RN, PhD (Associate Professor in Geriatric Nursing and Clinical Nurse Specialist)

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PII: S1521-690X(08)00080-8

doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2008.07.002

Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 765-785 , October 2008

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