The risk of falls on initiation of antihypertensive drugs in the elderly.

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Published in Osteoporos Int on April 24, 2013

Authors

D A Butt1, M Mamdani, P C Austin, K Tu, T Gomes, R H Glazier

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Scarborough Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, debra.butt@utoronto.ca.

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