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01-12-2023 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor

Upturn in osteoporotic hip fracture incidence following the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Luis Imaicela Naula, Mario Navarro Grijalva, Enrique Lopez Gavilanez

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Title: Upturn in osteoporotic hip fracture incidence following the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Luis Imaicela Naula
Mario Navarro Grijalva
Enrique Lopez Gavilanez
Publication date: 01-12-2023
Publisher: Springer London
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Archives of Osteoporosis / Issue 1/2023
Print ISSN: 1862-3522
Electronic ISSN: 1862-3514
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-023-01335-6