Chronisity of drug treatment in nursing home residents;Varighet av legemiddelbruk i sykehjem

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1469-1471

  Nygaard, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035837777     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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