Bone Metabolism Assays
In the past decades, the global incidence of osteoporosis has increased dramatically with rising life expectancy, and over 200 million people suffer from osteoporosis worldwide. Osteoporosis fractures are a major cause of morbidity and disability in older people and, in the case of hip fractures, can lead to premature death. Such fractures impose a considerable economic burden on health services worldwide.1
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https://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/5_population_nutrient/en/index25.html
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Prim Care Clin Office Pract 2008;35:215-37
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteocalcin
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoxypyridinoline
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National Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Information Service, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH
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Medline Plus, U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health
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National Cancer Institute
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