Probable adverse drug reactions in a rural geriatric nursing home population: A four-year study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-197

  Cooper, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030065556     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02439.x     Document Type: Article

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