Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , March 1999

Fracture Risk in the U.S. Medicare Population

  • Jane A. Barrett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Lebanon, NH USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jane A. Barrett, Dartmouth Medical School, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 7927 Rubin Building, DHMC, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
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  • John A. Baron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Lebanon, NH USA
    • Department of Medicine, Lebanon, NH USA
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  • Margaret R. Karagas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Lebanon, NH USA
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  • Michael L. Beach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Lebanon, NH USA
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH USA

,Accepted 6 November 1998.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , March 1999

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