The Epidemiology of Serious Adverse Drug Reactions Among the Elderly
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 14 (2), 141-152
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199914020-00005
Abstract
Although the incidence and prevalence of serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the elderly cannot be accurately stated, published estimates appear to be unchanged since the earliest reports in the...Keywords
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