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When, where and how osteoporosis-associated fractures occur: an analysis from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW)
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Objective To examine when, where and how fractures occur in postmenopausal women. Methods We analyzed data from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW), including women aged ≥55 years from the United States of America, Canada, Australia and seven European countries. Women completed questionnaires including fracture data at baseline and years 1, 2 and 3. Results Among 60,393 postmenopausal women, 4122 incident fractures were reported (86% non-hip, non-vertebral [NHNV], 8%...
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0083306
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
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- PloS one Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 12
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- ARTN e83306
- Publication date:
- 2013-12-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2013-07-03
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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- English
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- pubs:443697
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443697
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- 2014-08-27
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- Costa et al
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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- Copyright: © 2013 Costa et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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