Warfarin therapy and risk of hip fracture among elderly patients

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Mamdani, Muhammad ^a,b   Upshur, Ross E G ^b,d   Anderson, Geoff ^a,b   Bartle, Bill R ^b,d   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PROTON PUMPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THYROID HORMONES; WARFARIN;

EID: 0037226594     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.23.1.1.31922     Document Type: Article

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