Use of prescription medications in an elderly rural population: The movies project

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-594

  Lassila, Holly C ^a   Stoehr, Gary P ^a   Ganguli, Mary ^b,c   Seaberg, Eric C ^c   Gilby, Joanne E ^d   Belle, Steven H ^c   Echement, Deborah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b School of Medicine

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; IBUPROFEN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LEVOTHYROXINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; PROPRANOLOL; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029998430     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809603000604     Document Type: Article

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