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Characterising polypharmacy in the very old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is potentially harmful and under-researched amongst the fastest growing subpopulation, the very old (aged ≥85). We aimed to characterise polypharmacy using data from the Newcastle 85+ Study—a prospective cohort of people born in 1921 who turned 85 in 2006 (n = 845). METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Davies, Laurie E., Kingston, Andrew, Todd, Adam, Hanratty, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33465141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245648