The Epidemiology of Hip and Major Osteoporotic Fractures in a Dutch Population of Community-Dwelling Elderly: Implications for the Dutch FRAX® Algorithm

Corinne Klop; Paco M. J. Welsing; Hubert G. M. Leufkens; Petra J. M. Elders; Jetty A. Overbeek; Joop P. van den Bergh; Johannes W. J. Bijlsma; Frank de Vries

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143800

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The Epidemiology of Hip and Major Osteoporotic Fractures in a Dutch Population of Community-Dwelling Elderly: Implications for the Dutch FRAX® Algorithm

Corinne Klop,

Affiliation Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Paco M. J. Welsing,

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Hubert G. M. Leufkens,

Affiliation Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Petra J. M. Elders,

Affiliation Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Jetty A. Overbeek,

Affiliation PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Joop P. van den Bergh,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands, Biomedical Research Institute, University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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Johannes W. J. Bijlsma,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Frank de Vries

* E-mail: f.devries@uu.nl

Affiliations Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, Netherlands, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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The Epidemiology of Hip and Major Osteoporotic Fractures in a Dutch Population of Community-Dwelling Elderly: Implications for the Dutch FRAX® Algorithm

Corinne Klop,
Paco M. J. Welsing,
Hubert G. M. Leufkens,
Petra J. M. Elders,
Jetty A. Overbeek,
Joop P. van den Bergh,
Johannes W. J. Bijlsma,
Frank de Vries

Published: December 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143800

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