Open AccessThe World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) Underestimates Incident and Recurrent Fractures in Consecutive Patients With Fragility Fractures
Author(s) -
Sophie Roux,
François Cabana,
Nathalie Carrier,
Michèle Beaulieu,
Pierre-Marc April,
MarieClaude Beaulieu,
Gilles Boire
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2013-4507
Subject(s) - frax , medicine , body mass index , cohort , osteoporosis , prospective cohort study , bone mineral , incidence (geometry) , osteoporotic fracture , physics , optics
The World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment tool (FRAX) was developed to identify patients at risk of sustaining a fragility fracture (FF).
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