Type, Number or Both? A Population-Based Matched Case-Control Study on the Risk of Fall Injuries among Older People and Number of Medications beyond Fall-Inducing Drugs

OBJECTIVES: Drug use is a modifiable risk factor for fall-related injuries in older people. Whereas the injurious effect of polypharmacy is established, that of low numbers of medications has not been fully ascertained. Neither do we know whether it is the number per se or the type of medications th...

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Autores principales: Laflamme, Lucie, Monárrez-Espino, Joel, Johnell, Kristina, Elling, Berty, Möller, Jette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25815483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123390

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25815483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123390

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