The treatment of unrelated disorders in patients with chronic medical diseases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1516-1520

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c   Tan, Siew H ^b,c   Booth, Gillian L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; HALOPERIDOL; INSULIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDICATION; ELDERLY CARE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; ONTARIO; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0032555023     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805213382106     Document Type: Article

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