Association between risk factors for injurious falls and new benzodiazepine prescribing in elderly persons
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Association between risk factors for injurious falls and new benzodiazepine prescribing in elderly persons
BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to elderly patients' despite concerns about adverse effects leading to injurious falls. Previous studies have not investigated the extent to which patients with pre-existing risk factors for falls are prescribed benzodiazepines. The objective of this study is to assess if some of the risk factors for falls are associated with new benzodiazepi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Family Practice
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-2296
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-1