Profile of drug utilization in the elderly living in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Tôrres Faggiani, Fabiana ^a   Schroeter, Guilherme ^a   Luz Pacheco, Sandro ^a   Araújo de Souza, Antônio Carlos ^a   Werlang, Maria Cristina ^a   Attilio de Carli, Geraldo ^a   Bueno Morrone, Fernanda ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Brazil; Drug utilization; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 37349120726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552007000400007     Document Type: Article

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