Associations between co‑exposure to heavy metals and vertebral compression fracture, as well as femoral neck bone mineral density: A cross-sectional study from NHANES data

• Xurong Yang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ XY and LL contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jiangle General Hospital of FuJian Province, Sanming, China

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• Li Li ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ XY and LL contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Jiangle General Hospital of FuJian Province, Sanming, China

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• Lixiong Nie

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jlnlx2294666@outlook.com

  Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jiangle General Hospital of FuJian Province, Sanming, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5047-5628

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