National outpatient medication profiling: Medications associated with outpatient fractures in community-dwelling elderly veterans

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-244

  French, Dustin D ^a,g   Campbell, Robert ^a   Spehar, Andrea ^a,b   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^c,d   Branch, Laurence G ^e   Cunningham, Francesca ^f  

^a James A Haley Veterans Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g VISN 8 Patient Safety Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Drug safety; Fracture; Geriatrics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacovigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; VETERAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 33846102976     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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