Baseline bone health status in multi-ethnic South African postmenopausal breast cancer patients at initiation of aromatase inhibitor therapy: A descriptive study

• Karin J. Baatjes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kbaatjes@sun.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8432-8844

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• Maritha J. Kotze,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and the National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Micheal McCaul,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Magda Conradie

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3092-4098

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