Identification of a Link between Framingham Risk Score and Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1738-9364,2289-0769
DOI: 10.3904/kjm.2015.88.5.547