Evaluating prescriptions for the elderly: Drug/age criteria as a tool to help community pharmacists

Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Washington, D.C. : 1996)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-424

  Mott, David A ^a   Meek, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034182025     PISSN: 10865802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1086-5802(16)31090-7     Document Type: Article

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