Sex differences in inappropriate drug use: A register-based study of over 600,000 older people

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1233-1238

  Johnell, Kristina ^c   Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck ^a   Fastbom, Johan ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Aging Research Center   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug register; Elderly; Inappropriate drug use; Sex differences; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; NITRAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 67651092256     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M147     Document Type: Article

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