Assessment of medication management skills in older outpatients

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1083-1088

  Ruscin, J Mark ^a   Semla, Todd P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029742445     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809603001003     Document Type: Article

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