Drug burden index score and functional decline in older people.

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Published in Am J Med on December 01, 2009

Authors

Sarah N Hilmer1, Donald E Mager, Eleanor M Simonsick, Shari M Ling, B Gwen Windham, Tamara B Harris, Ronald I Shorr, Douglas C Bauer, Darrell R Abernethy, Health ABC Study

Author Affiliations

1: Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore and Bethesda, MD, USA.

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