Preventability of drug related problems in elderly patients in the community

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 259, Issue 6968 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Cunningham, G ^a   Dodd, Trp ^a   Grant, D J ^a   McMurdo, Met ^a   Richards, Rme ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0030816968     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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