Use of medications amongst older persons in Kaunas, Lithuania

• Authors: Aurima Stankunienė , Mindaugas Stankunas , Mark Avery , Raimondas Radziunas , Joaquim Soares , M. Melchiorre , Francisco Torres-Gonzalez , Algirdas Baranauskas , Jutta Lindert
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Keywords

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Older persons; Medication use; Lithuania; ABUEL

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 855-860

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2013

online

6 - 12 - 2013

Contributors

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Aurima Stankunienė

• Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, LT-44307, Kaunas, Lithuania

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Mindaugas Stankunas

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Mark Avery

• School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia

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Raimondas Radziunas

• Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, LT-44307, Kaunas, Lithuania

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Joaquim Soares

• Institution for Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Science, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Humlegården, Hus M, 851 70, Sundsvall, Sweden

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M. Melchiorre

• Scientific Technological Area, Socio Economic Research Centre, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Via Santa Margherita 5, Ancona, 60124, Italy

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Francisco Torres-Gonzalez

• Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Salud Mental” CIBERSAM-Granada University, Av Madrid, 11, PC:18071, Granada, Spain

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Algirdas Baranauskas

• Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, LT-44307, Kaunas, Lithuania

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Jutta Lindert

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-013-0237-7