RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing osteoporosis
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 45
OP 48
DO 10.1136/dtb.1996.34645
VO 34
IS 6
YR 1996
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/34/6/45.abstract
AB Osteoporosis is common and frequently leads to fractures, deformity, pain and disability. It particularly affects the femur, vertebrae, radius and ulna and is the underlying cause of about 150 000 fractures in the UK each year.1 Here we review its prevention and treatment.