Clarifying WHO's position on the FRAX® tool for fracture prediction

Affiliations

¹ Department of HIV, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
² Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
³ Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .

Editorial

Nathan Ford et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2016.

. 2016 Dec 1;94(12):862.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.16.188532.

¹ Department of HIV, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
² Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
³ Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .

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