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Association between risk factors for injurious falls and new benzodiazepine prescribing in elderly persons
BACKGROUND: Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to elderly patients' despite concerns about adverse effects leading to injurious falls. Previous studies have not investigated the extent to which patients with pre-existing risk factors for falls are prescribed benzodiazepines. The objectiv...
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19126237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-10-1 |