Getting the right medicine: A survey of haemodialysis patients in SW Scotland

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 283, Issue 7579, 2009, Pages 575-576

  Irvine, Francesca ^a   Almond, Alison ^a   Robertson, Sue ^a   Donaldson, Ken ^a   Flynn, Robert ^a   Isles, Chris ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; STATIN; VITAMIN; WARFARIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DRUG INTERACTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 77955905021     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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