Medication and fall injury in the elderly population; do individual demographics, health status and lifestyle matter?

BACKGROUND: The simultaneous use of several medications is an important risk factor for injurious falls in older people. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the number of medications dispensed to elderly persons on fall injuries and to assess whether this relationship is explained...

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Autores principales: Helgadóttir, Björg, Laflamme, Lucie, Monárrez-Espino, Joel, Möller, Jette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25151122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-92

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25151122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-92

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