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Challenges in the Screening and Management of Osteoporosis

Lisa A. LaVallee, Mollie Ashe Scott and Stephen D. Hulkower
North Carolina Medical Journal November 2016, 77 (6) 416-419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.77.6.416
Lisa A. LaVallee
director, family medicine residency program, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, North Carolina; associate professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Mollie Ashe Scott
regional associate dean, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, North Carolina; clinical associate professor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Stephen D. Hulkower
director, Division of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, North Carolina; associate professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Lisa A. LaVallee, Mollie Ashe Scott, Stephen D. Hulkower
North Carolina Medical Journal Nov 2016, 77 (6) 416-419; DOI: 10.18043/ncm.77.6.416

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