The Elderly, Undernutrition, and Pharmacokinetics
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 31 (9), 560-562
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1983.tb02202.x
Abstract
There is good evidence that malnutrition may alter the pharmacokinetic parameters and, thus, actions of several drugs. The elderly are probably most at risk, as malnutrition tends to affect factors already altered by primary and secondary aging.Keywords
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