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. 2021 Sep;69(9):2692-2695.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.17316. Epub 2021 Jun 14.

The break in FRAX: Equity concerns in estimating fracture risk in racial and ethnic minorities

Hadley W Reid  1 , Bharathi Selvan  1 , Bryan C Batch  2 , Richard H Lee  2
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The break in FRAX: Equity concerns in estimating fracture risk in racial and ethnic minorities

Hadley W Reid et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Sep.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Jun;70(6):E20. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17522. Epub 2021 Oct 14. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022. PMID: 34648190 No abstract available.
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