Beer-fick criteria and generic drugs in Brazil;Critérios de beers-fick e medicamentos genéricos no Brasil

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-356

  Gorzoni, Milton Luiz ^a,b   Fabbri, Renato Moraes Alves ^a   Pires, Sueli Luciano ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drugs; Elderly; Iatrogeny; Prescription

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG INTERACTION; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCRIPTION; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; BRAZIL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUGS, GENERIC; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING;

EID: 50249093918     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302008000400022     Document Type: Article

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