Medication prescribing practices for older prisoners in the Texas Prison System

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 756-761

  Williams, Brie A ^a,b   Baillargeon, Jacques G ^c   Lindquist, Karla ^d   Walter, Louise C ^a,b   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,b   Whitson, Heather E ^e   Steinman, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PRISONER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; TEXAS;

EID: 77949429685     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.154591     Document Type: Article

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