A 30-year survey of drug use in the 1914 birth cohort in Glostrup County, Denmark: 1964-1994

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Jensen, Elmo ^a,b,c   Schroll, Marianne ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adherence; Aging; Drugs; Longitudinal study; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 44449117489     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324761     Document Type: Article

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