Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10513969 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The study supports the use of five or more medications in the current definition of polypharmacy to estimate the medication-related adverse effects for frailty, disability, mortality, and falls.
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Authors
Danijela Gnjidic, Sarah N. Hilmer, Fiona M. Blyth, Vasi Naganathan, Louise Waite, Markus J. Seibel, Andrew J. McLachlan, Robert G. Cumming, David J. Handelsman, David G. Le Couteur,