Antidepressants and the risk of falls among nursing home residents

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 875-882

  Thapa, Purushottam B ^a   Gideon, Patricia ^a   Cost, Terry W ^d   Milam, Amanda B ^b   Ray, Wayne A ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Consulting Services   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0032563909     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809243391303     Document Type: Article

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