Epidemiology of medication-related falls and fractures in the elderly

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-53

  Cumming, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; DRUG USE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031972975     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199812010-00005     Document Type: Review

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