Inappropriate medication prescribing in community-dwelling elderly people living in Iran

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 913-919

  Azoulay, Laurent ^a,b   Zargarzadeh, Amir ^c   Salahshouri, Zeinab ^c   Oraichi, Driss ^b   Bérard, Anick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLURAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PROMETHAZINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 29144495798     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-005-0036-4     Document Type: Article

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