Prescribing of psychotropics in the elderly: why is it so often inappropriate?

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Published in CNS Drugs on January 01, 2002

Authors

Jane R Mort1, Rajender R Aparasu

Author Affiliations

1: College of Pharmacy, South Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA. jane_mort@sdstate.edu

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