Use of prescription drugs among Finnish centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1148-1149

  Korhonen, Maarit J ^a   Klaukka, Timo ^b   Lönnroos, Eija ^a,c   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^c Central Finland Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIGOUT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DRUG USE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FINLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS;

EID: 44649108976     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01702.x     Document Type: Letter

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