Polypharmacy among the elderly in the city of São Paulo, Brazil - SABE Study;Polifarmácia entre idosos do Município de São Paulo - Estudo SABE

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 817-827

  Carvalho, Maristela Ferreira Catão ^a   Romano Lieber, Nicolina Silvana ^b   Bergsten Mendes, Gun ^c   Secoli, Silvia Regina ^b   Ribeiro, Eliane ^b   Lebrão, Maria Lúcia ^b   Duarte, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira ^b  

^a SES SP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross sectional studies; Inappropriate drugs; Pharma coepidemiology; Polypharmacy; Population based survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875383468     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-790X2012000400013     Document Type: Article

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