Physiological factors and medications as predictors of injurious falls by elderly people: A prospective population-based study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-38

  Koski, Keijo ^a   Luukinen, Heikki ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^c   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLEX DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

DIGITALIS;

EID: 0030026527     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.1.29     Document Type: Article

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