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Validation of a one year fracture prediction tool for absolute hip fracture risk in long term care residents
BACKGROUND: Frail older adults living in long term care (LTC) homes have a high fracture risk, which can result in reduced quality of life, pain and death. The Fracture Risk Scale (FRS) was designed for fracture risk assessment in LTC, to optimize targeting of services in those at highest risk. This...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30587140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-1010-1 |