Drugs and falls in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis: I. Psychotropic drugs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-39

  Leipzig, Rosanne M ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^c   Tinetti, Mary E ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 1070 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032958401     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01898.x     Document Type: Article

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