Over-the-counter medication labels: Problems and needs of the elderly population [12]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1955-1956

  Pawaskar, Manjiri D ^a   Sansgiry, Sujit S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMPREHENSION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG LABELING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; GERIATRICS; HUMANS;

EID: 33845494306     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00958.x     Document Type: Letter

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