Potentially inappropriate medication in elderly in a first level hospital, Bogota 2007;Medicación potencialmente inapropiada en ancianos en un hospital de primer nivel, Bogotá 2007

Revista de Salud Publica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-299

  Holguín Hernández, Esperanza ^a   Orozco Díaz, José G ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aged; Drug utilization; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescription; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649573701     PISSN: 01240064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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