Falls in the nursing home

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 442-451

  Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^a   Josephson, Karen R ^a   Robbins, Alan S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0028596313     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-121-6-199409150-00009     Document Type: Review

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