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Editorial
. 2000 Aug 12;321(7258):396-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7258.396.

The increasing use of peripheral bone densitometry

T Masud, R M Francis
Editorial

The increasing use of peripheral bone densitometry

T Masud et al. BMJ. .
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