Pharmaceutical packaging and the elderly

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 259, Issue 6966, 1997, Pages 697-700

  Sexton, John ^a,b   Gokani, Raj ^c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; EYE DROPS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER PACK; CHILD RESISTANT CONTAINER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG PACKAGING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030683485     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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