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Inappropriate medication use and risk of falls – A prospective study in a large community-dwelling elderly cohort

BACKGROUND: Explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication consumption in elderly were elaborated by Beers et al. These lists have been used worldwide to evaluate medical prescriptions but there is little epidemiologic evidence demonstrating negative consequences of inappropr...

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Autores principales: Berdot, Sarah, Bertrand, Marion, Dartigues, Jean-François, Fourrier, Annie, Tavernier, Béatrice, Ritchie, Karen, Alpérovitch, Annick
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19627577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-30