The accuracy of information on current drug therapy in geriatric out-patients' records

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-25

  Hasan, Mujtaba ^a   Woodhouse, Ken ^a  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy of information; Adverse drug reactions; Drug compliance; Drug therapy; Drugs prescribing in the elderly

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; FRUMIL; FUROSEMIDE; LACTULOSE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030027121     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(95)00673-7     Document Type: Article

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