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Comment
. 2008 Feb 16;336(7640):343.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39486.653009.3A.

Preventing falls: Not at the expense of osteoporosis care

Jonathan Bayly, Tahir Masud
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Preventing falls: Not at the expense of osteoporosis care

Jonathan Bayly et al. BMJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: JB was the lead author for the recent osteoporosis submission to the QOF review process on behalf of the National Osteoporosis Society and a joint author for the British Geriatric Society’s submission on falls. Both he and TM have received educational support, honorariums, and travel expenses for lectures on falls and bone health and advisory board work from a number of pharmaceutical companies with an interest in these disease areas.

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