Prescription patterns of diuretics in Dutch community-dwelling elderly patients

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-407

  Van Kraaij, Dave J W ^b   Jansen, René W M M ^b   De Gier, Johan J ^a   Gribnau, Frank W J ^b   Hoefnagels, Willibrord H L ^b  

^a Stichting Health Base   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diuretics; Elderly; Prescription patterns

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUMETANIDE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIURETICS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031684674     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1998.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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