Drug treatment in the elderly;Terapia farmacologica nell'anziano

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 340-344

  Pettenati, Carla ^a,b  

^a RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Passirana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly patient; Pharmacologic treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DRUG THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 0035348112     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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