Polypharmacy including falls risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults.

Background: polypharmacy is an important risk factor for falls, but recent studies suggest only when including medications associated with increasing the risk of falls.Design: a prospective, population-based cohort study.Subjects: 6,666 adults aged ≥50 years from The Irish Longitudinal study on Agei...

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Publicado en:Age & Ageing Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 90 - 97
Autores principales: Richardson, Kathryn, Bennett, Kathleen, Kenny, Rose Anne
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2015
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