Benzodiazepines and injurious falls in community dwelling elders

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-70

  Pariente, Antoine ^a,b,c   Dartigues, Jean Francois ^a,b,c   Benichou, Jacques ^a,d   Letenneur, Luc ^a,b,c   Moore, Nicholas ^a,b,c   Fourrier Réglat, Annie ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines, therapeutic use; Elderly; Injuries

Indexed keywords

ALPIDEM; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; CLOTIAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LOFLAZEPATE; LOPRAZOLAM; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PRAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; TOFISOPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRANCE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38049053539     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200825010-00007     Document Type: Article

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