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Factors associated with excessive polypharmacy in older people
BACKGROUND: Older people are a growing population. They live longer, but often have multiple chronic diseases. As a consequence, they are taking many different kind of medicines, while their vulnerability to pharmaceutical products is increased. The objective of this study is to describe the medicin...
Autores principales: | Walckiers, Denise, Van der Heyden, Johan, Tafforeau, Jean |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-015-0095-7 |
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