Patient Resources

The following organizations are good sources of general information about osteoporosis:

National Osteoporosis Foundation (United States)
1232 22nd St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1292
Phone: (800) 223-9994
E-mail: patientform@nof.org

E-mail: request@nof.org

Web: www.nof.org

International Osteoporosis Foundation
9, rue Juste-Olivier
1260 Nyon
Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 994 01 00
Fax: +41 22 994 01 01
E-mail:
Web: http://www.iofbonehealth.org/patients-public.html

National Institutes of Health, Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center
1232 22^nd St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1292
Phone: (202) 223-0344
Web www.osteo.org

Osteoporosis Canada
33 Laird Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3S9
Phone: (416) 696-2663
Phone: (800) 463-6842 (English - Toll Free Canada)
Phone: (800) 977-1778 (French - Toll Free Canada)
E-Mail:
Web: www.osteoporosis.ca

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