Analysis
Too Much Medicine
Overdiagnosis of bone fragility in the quest to prevent hip fracture
BMJ 2015; 350 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h2088 (Published 26 May 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;350:h2088
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Files in this Data Supplement:
- Data Supplement - Appendix 1: Vertebral fractures
- Third decision 23 Jan 2015
- Data Supplement - Appendix 2: Systematic review of hip fracture rates
- First response 31 July 2014
- First revised article 31 Jul 2014
- Original article 14 Apr 2014
- First decision 14 April 2014
- Second revised article 2 Dec 2014
- Second decision 30 Oct 2014
- Second response 2 Dec 2014
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