International Bone and Mineral Society

International Bone and Mineral SocietyAbbreviation| IBMS

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Type| 501(c)(3) organization
Purpose| field of bone
Location|

* Quebec, Canada

Website| www.ibmsonline.org

Formerly called

| Parathyroid Conferences

The International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) is a learned society in the field of bone and mineral metabolism, including osteoporosis and other diseases of bone.

## History

IBMS started as the Parathyroid Conferences, a triennial event from 1960 to 1977.

In 1980, the group was incorporated in Quebec, Canada, under the name International Conferences on Calcium Regulating Hormones. [citation needed]

In 1995, the name was changed to IBMS and it was registered as a 501(c)(3) organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States. IBMS holds annual scientific meetings and publishes the scientific journal Bone. IBMS also publishes IBMS BoneKEy, an open access website. BoneKEy Reports is the official online journal of the society.[citation needed]

## See also

* American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
* Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society

## External links

* Bone
* BoneKEy

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