The risk of fall injury in relation to commonly prescribed medications among older people - A Swedish case-control study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 527-532

  Kuschel, Bernhard M ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Möller, Jette ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 84939491117     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku120     Document Type: Article

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