The unknown impacts of combinations of large numbers of drugs

Drug Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-185

  Kostoff, Ronald N ^a   Delafuente, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IBUPROFEN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK;

EID: 33644835423     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 01145916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629030-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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