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Impact of adverse news media on prescriptions for osteoporosis: effect on fractures and mortality

Philip N Sambrook, Jiang S Chen, Judy M Simpson and Lyn M March
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04154.x
Published online: 3 January 2011

In reply: Readers will probably deduce that Paul J Sambrook is no relation of Philip N Sambrook.


  • 1 Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
  • 2 Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
  • 3 School of Public Health, Sydney, NSW.


Correspondence: sambrook@med.usyd.edu.au

Competing interests:

Philip Sambrook serves on the medical advisory boards of and has received speaker fees from Amgen, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis and Servier.

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  • 5. Boles v Merck & Co. Case no. 06-CV-9455. In re Fosamax products liability litigation, MDL 1789, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).

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