The potential for adverse drug reactions in elderly patients

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 220-224

  Gallagher, Louise P ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG INTERACTION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POLYPHARMACY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW YORK; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 0035511796     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnr.2001.26788     Document Type: Article

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