Rate of falls and their risk factors in elderly individuals living in the community;Incidencia y factores explicativos de las caídas en ancianos que viven en la comunidad

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 11-17

  Moreno Martinez N R ^a,b   Ruiz Hidalgo, D ^a   Burdoy Joaquim, E ^a   Vazquez Mata G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Community; Elderly; Living alone; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NITRATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACCIDENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE;

EID: 29844435518     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(05)75080-0     Document Type: Article

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