New evidence on benzodiazepine use and falls: The time factor

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Neutel, C Ineke ^a   Hirdes, John P ^a   Maxwell, Colleen J ^a   Patten, Scott B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030055844     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.4.273     Document Type: Article

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