Adverse drug reactions in elderly: Challenges in identification and improving preventative strategies

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-359

  Tangiisuran, Balamurugan ^a   Wright, Juliet ^a   Van der Cammen, Tischa ^b   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 67649421634     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp050     Document Type: Editorial

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