Risk factors for the development of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 62-66

  Van Den Bemt, P M L A ^a   Egberts, A C G ^a,b   Lenderink, A W ^a   Verzijl, J M ^a   Simons, K A ^a   Van Der Pol, W S C J M ^a,b  

^a GGZ Midden Brabant   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Hospitalized patients; Pharmacoepidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034106949     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008721321016     Document Type: Article

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