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

Sambrook, Philip N; Chen, Jiang S; Simpson, Judy M; March, Lyn M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04154.x

Topics

Endocrine system diseases

Pharmaceutical preparations

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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