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Affiliations

¹ Durham VA Medical Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Editorial

Kenneth W Lyles et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;71(2):368-370.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.18168. Epub 2022 Dec 24.

¹ Durham VA Medical Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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Comment on

Hyperkyphosis and mortality risk in older men: The osteoporotic fractures in men study.
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