Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55 , January 2010

Application of FRAX Model to Sri Lankan Postmenopausal Women

  • Sarath Lekamwasam

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Professor Sarath Lekamwasam, MD, FRCP, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Metabolic Bone Diseases, Karapitiya, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka.

Received 19 June 2009 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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PII: S1094-6950(09)00230-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.09.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 51-55 , January 2010

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