Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 797-804 , December 2009

Fall risk: the clinical relevance of falls and how to integrate fall risk with fracture risk

  • G. Peeters, MSc (Postdoc researcher, Epidemiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for health and care research, VU University Medical Center, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 204449336; Fax: +31 204446775.
    • ,
  • Natasja M. van Schoor, PhD (Postdoc researcher, Epidemiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for health and care research, VU University Medical Center, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 204448439; Fax: +31 204446775.
    • ,
  • Paul Lips, PhD, MD (Professor of endocrinology)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Section Endocrinology, VU University Medical Center, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 204440614; Fax: +31 204440502.

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.09.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 797-804 , December 2009

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