Unveiling a prescribing cascade in an older man

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 580-581

  Rosenberg, Jarred ^a   Rochon, Paula A ^a   Gill, Sudeep S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SALICYLATE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; CASE REPORT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRESCRIPTION; SELF MEDICATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SALICYLATES;

EID: 84896369166     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12714     Document Type: Letter

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