Polypharmacy: Correlations with sex, age and drug regimen

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Bjerrum, L ^a   Sogaard J ^a   Hallas, J ^a   Kragstrup, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Polypharmacy; Prescription database

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031836446     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050445     Document Type: Article

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