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Geriatric Pharmacology

Robert E. Vestal, Covance Inc.
Jerry H. Gurwitz, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Abstract

Chapter Outline: Epidemiology of drug use in the elderly -- Pharmacokinetics in the elderly -- Drug therapy and pharmacodynamics -- Drug-disease interactions -- Guidelines for geriatric prescribing.

Citation: Vestal RE, Gurwitz JH. Geriatric Pharmacology. In: Melmon and Morrelli's Clinical Pharmacology: Basic Principles in Therapeutics, Fourth Edition. Melmon KL, Morrelli HF, Hoffman BB, Nierenberg DW, eds: McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 2000, Chapter 21. ISBN0071054065, 9780071054065.

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Suggested Citation

Robert E. Vestal and Jerry H. Gurwitz. "Geriatric Pharmacology" Melmon and Morrelli's Clinical Pharmacology: Basic Principles in Therapeutics (4th ed). Ed. Melmon KL, Morrelli HF, Hoffman BB, Nierenberg DW. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jerry_gurwitz/136