Educating the older adult in over-the-counter medication use

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Glaser, Judith ^a   Rolita, Lydia ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adults; Over the counter; Patient education; Self medication; Side effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249150165     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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