Pharmacotherapy of elderly patients in everyday anthroposophic medical practice: A prospective, multicenter observational study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jeschke, Elke ^a   Ostermann, Thomas ^b   Tabali, Manuela ^a   Vollmar, Horst C ^b   Kröz, Matthias ^a   Bockelbrink, Angelina ^c   Witt, Claudia M ^c   Willich, Stefan N ^c   Matthes, Harald ^a  

^a Havelhoehe Research Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOSOPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954681023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-48     Document Type: Article

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