Falls and Fractures Linked to Anemia, Delirium, Osteomalacia, Medications, and More: The Path to Success is Strewn With Obstacles!

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 549-550

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PARATHYROID HORMONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN D;

ANEMIA; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG USE; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; OSTEOMALACIA; PAIN; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; VITAL SIGN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35148828956     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.07.006     Document Type: Letter

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