Explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication use by the elderly an update

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1531-1536

  Beers, Mark H ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NURSING HOME; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030802061     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.14.1531     Document Type: Article

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