Frailty, Falls, and Fractures

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 149-151

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MEMANTINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAILTY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84874254011     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.12.009     Document Type: Editorial

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