Gender disparities in the pharmacological treatment of cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in the very old: An epidemiological, cross-sectional survey

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 993-1005

  Brännström, Jon ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^b   Molander, Lena ^a   Lövheim, Hugo ^a   Gustafson, Yngve ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 82455175534     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11594730-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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