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Is use of fall risk-increasing drugs in an elderly population associated with an increased risk of hip fracture, after adjustment for multimorbidity level: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Risk factors for hip fracture are well studied because of the negative impact on patients and the community, with mortality in the first year being almost 30% in the elderly. Age, gender and fall risk-increasing drugs, identified by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden, are...

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Autores principales: Thorell, Kristine, Ranstad, Karin, Midlöv, Patrik, Borgquist, Lars, Halling, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4286212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25475854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-131

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