Falls in nursing home patients receiving classical antihistamines while stabilized on psychoactive medications

Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Cooper Jr , James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE;

AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029940410     PISSN: 08966966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J055v05n01_05     Document Type: Article

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