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Comparison of three different osteoporosis risk assessment tools: ORAI (osteoporosis risk assessment instrument), SCORE (simple calculated osteoporosis risk estimation) and OST (osteoporosis self-assessment tool)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Genetics in Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1098-3600,1530-0366
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-200007000-00004