Polypharmacy among nonagenarians/centenarians in rural China

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1193-1199

  Lu, J ^a   Yang, M ^b   Luo, L ^b   Hao, Q ^b   Dong, B ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics   (China)

Author keywords

Centenarian; Chronic disease; Epidemiology; Nonagenarian; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84912124078     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12534     Document Type: Article

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