Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 260-266 , February 2010

Prevalence and predictors of vertebral fracture in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Sumit R. Majumdar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, 2F1.24 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta Hospital, 8440 112th Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 780 407 1399; fax: +1 780 407 3132.
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  • Cristina Villa-Roel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Kristin J. Lyons

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, 2F1.24 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta Hospital, 8440 112th Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
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  • Brian H. Rowe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Received 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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 Supported by: Peer reviewed grants from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Research Consortium. SRM receives salary support from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (Health Scholar); BHR holds a Canada Research Chair in Emergency Airway Diseases.

PII: S0954-6111(09)00312-6

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.09.013

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 260-266 , February 2010