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Article History
Received: 13 October 2018
Accepted: 15 February 2019
First Online: 6 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was ruled exempt by the Carilion Clinic Institutional Review Board. Participation in the survey was completely voluntary.
: The hospital IRB ruled that informed consent was not necessary for this study as it did not meet the criteria for human subjects research given its focus on expert opinions. As such, specific participant consent for publication is not required.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The first and senior authors have a complementary interest as they were involved in the planning and implementation of the fracture liaison service at our institution.
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