Association between prescription medications and falls at home among young and middle-aged adults

Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-203

  Kool, Bridget ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POLYPHARMACY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84861459285     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040202     Document Type: Article

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