Adverse drug events in older patients admitted as an emergency: The role of potentially inappropriate medication in elderly people (PRISCUS);Unerwünschte Arzneimittelereignisse bei älteren Notaufnahmepatienten: Bedeutung der potenziell inadäquaten Medikation für ältere Menschen (PRISCUS)

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 213-219

  Dormann, Harald ^a   Sonst, Anja ^a,b   Müller, Fabian ^b   Vogler, Renate ^b,c   Patapovas, Andrius ^b   Pfistermeister, Barbara ^b   Plank Kiegele, Bettina ^a,b   Kirchner, Melanie ^b,c   Hartmann, Nina ^b   Bürkle, Thomas ^b   Maas, Renke ^b  

^a Hospital Fürth   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84988220718     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0213     Document Type: Article

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