Treatment of osteoporosis: why, whom, when and how to treat

• 1 Endocrine and Metabolic Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA
• 2 Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, SA. christopher.nordinATimvs.sa.gov.au

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