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Increasing prevalence of anticholinergic medication use in older people in England over 20 years: cognitive function and ageing study I and II

BACKGROUND: Anticholinergic medication use is linked with increased cognitive decline, dementia, falls and mortality, and their use should be limited in older people. Here we estimate the prevalence of anticholinergic use in England’s older population in 1991 and 2011, and describe changes in use by...

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Published in:BMC Geriatr
Main Authors: Grossi, Carlota M., Richardson, Kathryn, Savva, George M., Fox, Chris, Arthur, Antony, Loke, Yoon K., Steel, Nicholas, Brayne, Carol, Matthews, Fiona E., Robinson, Louise, Myint, Phyo K., Maidment, Ian D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393714/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32736640
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01657-x
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