TY - JOUR
T1 - Health promoting medications in older people
AU - Guthridge, Jacinta M
AU - Flicker, Leon
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - As we approach the new millennium, greater emphasis will need to be placed on preventive strategies that improve the quality of life in people who survive to old age. This review focuses on medications that may be beneficial in the primary prevention of a number of common conditions that affect older people, where evidence already exists of significant benefit. These common diseases include infectious diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, and osteoporosis.
AB - As we approach the new millennium, greater emphasis will need to be placed on preventive strategies that improve the quality of life in people who survive to old age. This review focuses on medications that may be beneficial in the primary prevention of a number of common conditions that affect older people, where evidence already exists of significant benefit. These common diseases include infectious diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, and osteoporosis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032716806&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jppr1999295273
DO - 10.1002/jppr1999295273
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0032716806
SN - 0310-6810
VL - 29
SP - 273
EP - 278
JO - Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
JF - Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
IS - 5
ER -
