Medication use and rural seniors: Who really knows what they are taking?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue MAY, 1997, Pages 893-898

  Torrible, Susan J ^b   Hogan, David B ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031134966     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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