Suboptimal medication use and mortality in an older adult community-based cohort: results from the Hispanic EPESE Study.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on February 01, 2006

Authors

David V Espino1, Oralia V Bazaldua, Raymond F Palmer, Charles P Mouton, Michael L Parchman, Toni P Miles, Kyriakos Markides

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, MC 7795, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., 78229-3900, USA. espino@uthscsa.edu

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