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Use of potentially inappropriate medication and polypharmacy in older adults: a repeated cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: With age, the number of chronic conditions increases along with the use of medications. For several years, polypharmacy has been found to be on the increase in western societies. Polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of adverse drug events (ADE). Medications called potentiall...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7032002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32075586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1476-5 |