Adverse drug reactions related hospital admissions in persons aged 60 years and over, the Netherlands, 1981- 2007: Less rapid increase, different drugs

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Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hartholt, Klaas A ^a   van der Velde, Nathalie ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Panneman, Martien J M ^b   van Beeck, E F ^a   Patka, Peter ^a   van der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Noord Holland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; IRON; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; THYROID HORMONE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; URIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG TOXICITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78649740946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013977     Document Type: Article

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