The use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in general practice - Appropriate or inappropriate?

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-337

  Connolly, J P ^a,b   Silke, B ^b   McGavock, H ^b   Wilson Davies, K ^b  

^a Drug Utilisation Research Unit Dept of Therapeut and Pharmacology Queen's University of Belfast ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Congestive heart failure; General practice

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; INSOMNIA; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031795320     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199809/10)7:5<331::AID-PDS365>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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