The association of nocturia with incident falls in an elderly community-dwelling cohort

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-583

  Vaughan, C P ^a,b   Brown, C J ^c,d   Goode, P S ^c,d   Burgio, K L ^c,d   Allman, R M ^c,d   Johnson II, T M ^a,b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NOCTURIA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCTURIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949422362     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02326.x     Document Type: Article

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