Inappropriate prescribing and adverse drug events in older people

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hamilton, Hilary J ^a   Gallagher, Paul F ^a   O'Mahony, Denis ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 60849088882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-5     Document Type: Note

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