Effects of long-term use of benzodiazepines on gait and standing balance in the elderly

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 543-545

  Eto, Fumio ^a   Saotome, Ikuko ^a   Furuichi, Teruhito ^a   Ogasawara, Masumi ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ohyu Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STANDING;

EID: 0032436279     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09099.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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