Beers criteria and the ED: an adequate standard for inappropriate prescribing?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 695-696

  Hustey, Fredric M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEER; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTERACTION; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 46149085638     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.008     Document Type: Note

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