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In the version of this article initially published, in Table 1, page 362, Protelos was wrongly cited as strontium malonate; in fact, Protelos is the current brand name of strontium ranelate. Unlike strontium malonate, strontium ranelate is approved by the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) for the treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis and has been shown in published clinical trials to decrease the risk of vertebral, nonvertebral and hip fractures in post-menopausal osteoporosis. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.