General practitioners' prescribing patterns for the elderly in a province of Iran

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 482-487

  Ghadimi, Hadi ^a   Esmaily, Hamideh M ^a,b   Wahlstrom, Rolf ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Drug drug interaction; Elderly; Inappropriate prescribing; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE PLUS CLIDINIUM BROMIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; HEMATOLOGIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INDOMETACIN; INSECTICIDE; METHOCARBAMOL; METHYLDOPA; OXYBUTYNIN; PROMETHAZINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEX HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 79955151202     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2106     Document Type: Article

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