Letter to the Editor

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-281

  Harrington, Brian C ^a   Dickey, Lee ^a   Heiner, Sue ^a  

^a Doak Walker Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

CALCIUM ABSORPTION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PNEUMONIA; POLYPHARMACY; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PH; TREATMENT INDICATION; DRUG USE; NOTE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS;

EID: 42649133482     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.12.095     Document Type: Letter

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