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Association between gaps in antihypertensive medication adherence and injurious falls in older community-dwelling adults: a prospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: Growing evidence suggests that older adults are at an increased risk of injurious falls when initiating antihypertensive medication, while the evidence regarding long-term use of antihypertensive medication and the risk of falling is mixed. However, long-term users who stop and start thes...

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Autores principales: Dillon, Paul, Smith, Susan M, Gallagher, Paul John, Cousins, Gráinne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30837246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022927