Predictors of polypharmacy and adverse drug reactions among geriatric in patients at Malaysian hospital

HealthMED

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-283

  Najjar, Muath Fahmi ^a   Aziz, Noorizan Abd ^a   Hassan, Yahaya ^a   Ghazali, Rozina ^b   Alrazzaq, Hadeer Akram Abdul ^a   Ali, Zalila ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Pulau Pinang Hospital   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elderly and adverse drug reaction; Geriatric; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954274215     PISSN: 18402291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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