Central nervous system medications and falls risk in men aged 60-75 years: The study on male osteoporosis and aging (SOMA)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-124

  Masud, Tahir ^a,b,c   Frost, Morten ^b   Ryg, Jesper ^b,c   Matzen, Lars ^b,c   Ibsen, Marlene ^b   Abrahamsen, Bo ^c,d   Brixen, Kim ^b,c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Antidepressants; Antiepileptics; Central nervous system; Falls; Medication; Older people; Opiates; Psychotropics

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK;

EID: 84871336284     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs118     Document Type: Article

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