The slippery slope: Reducing fall risk in older adults

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 683-697

  Komara, Francis A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FALLING; GAIT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24144475548     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2005.06.006     Document Type: Review

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