ARMOR: A tool to evaluate polypharmacy in elderly persons

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Haque, Raza ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FAMOTIDINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IBUPROFEN; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN; SOTALOL; TRAZODONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; SKIN ULCER; WOUND CARE;

EID: 69549118378     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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