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Depression and antidepressant medications: both are linked to increased fracture risk

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Wu, Q. Depression and antidepressant medications: both are linked to increased fracture risk. Osteoporos Int 30, 695–696 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-018-4785-1

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