Re: Underuse and Overuse of Osteoporosis Screening in a Regional Health System: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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¹ Department of Medicine and Department of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Alberta, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2P4. rferrari@shaw.ca.

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Robert Ferrari. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;31(2):155.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3451-y.

¹ Department of Medicine and Department of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Alberta, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2P4. rferrari@shaw.ca.

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Underuse and Overuse of Osteoporosis Screening in a Regional Health System: a Retrospective Cohort Study.
Amarnath AL, Franks P, Robbins JA, Xing G, Fenton JJ. Amarnath AL, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Dec;30(12):1733-40. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3349-8. Epub 2015 May 19. J Gen Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 25986135 Free PMC article.

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