Optimizing care in osteoporosis: the Canadian quality circle project.

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Published in BMC Musculoskelet Disord on October 01, 2008

Authors

George Ioannidis1, Lehana Thabane, Amiram Gafni, Anthony Hodsman, Brent Kvern, Dan Johnstone, Nathalie Plumley, Lena Salach, Famida Jiwa, Jonathan D Adachi, Alexandra Papaioannou

Author Affiliations

1: Department of medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. g.ioannidis@sympatico.ca

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