Anaemia and the risk of injurious falls in a community-dwelling elderly population

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Duh, Mei Sheng ^a   Mody, Samir H ^b   Lefebvre, Patrick ^c   Woodman, Richard C ^b   Buteau, Sharon ^c   Piech, Catherine Tak ^b  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^b Ortho Biotech Products LP   (United States)

^c GROUPE D ANALYSE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia, general; Elderly; Injuries

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 41149112839     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200825040-00005     Document Type: Article

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