Falls are associated with stroke, arthritis and multiple medications among community-dwelling elderly persons in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-303

  Mizukami, Satoshi ^a,b   Arima, Kazuhiko ^a   Abe, Yasuyo ^a   Kanagae, Mitsuo ^a,b   Kusano, Yosuke ^c   Niino, Naoakira ^d   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Nishi Isahaya Hospital   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^d J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Elderly; Falls; Medication; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84889838149     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.231.299     Document Type: Article

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