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Increasing age-adjusted risk of fragility fractures: A sign of increasing osteoporosis in successive generations?

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    Karl J. Obrant M.D., Urban Bengnér M.D., Olof Johnell M.D., Bo E. Nilsson M.D. & Ingemar Sernbo M.D.

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Obrant, K.J., Bengnér, U., Johnell, O. et al. Increasing age-adjusted risk of fragility fractures: A sign of increasing osteoporosis in successive generations?. Calcif Tissue Int 44, 157–167 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556558

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