JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 7 , Pages 435-441 , September 2006

To Treat or Not To Treat, That Is the Question: Proceedings of the Quebec Symposium for the Treatment of Osteoporosis in Long-Term Care Institutions, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, November 5, 2004

  • Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Centre d’hébergement de Longue Durée, Lachine, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University-Jewish General Hospital, 3755, Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T 1E2.
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  • Louise Mallet, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Ayanna Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Serge Gingrass, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Richard Kremer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Louis-Georges Sainte-Marie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Douglas P. Kiel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife and Havard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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PII: S1525-8610(06)00259-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.05.006

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 7 , Pages 435-441 , September 2006

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