Patient-reporting of side effects may provide an important source of information in clinical practice [2]

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 979-980

  Foster, Juliet M ^a,b   Van Der Molen, Thys ^a,b   De Jong Van Den Berg, Lolkje ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; POLYPHARMACY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34548570351     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-007-0339-8     Document Type: Letter

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