JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 486-490 , September 2009

Polypharmacy in the Elderly: A Multicenter Study

  • Yesim Gokce Kutsal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Yesim Gokce Kutsal, MD, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Anil Barak, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Ayce Atalay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maltepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İstanbul, Turkey
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  • Terken Baydar, Assoc. PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Selcuk Kucukoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bursa, Turkey
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  • Tiraje Tuncer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Antalya, Turkey
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  • Sami Hizmetli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sivas, Turkey
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  • Nigar Dursun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kocaeli, Turkey
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  • Sibel Eyigor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İzmir, Turkey
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  • Merih Sarıdogan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Hatice Bodur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Numune Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Ferhan Canturk, MD

      Affiliations

    • On Dokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Samsun, Turkey
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  • Ayse Turhanoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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  • Sule Arslan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gazi Osman Paşa University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tokat, Turkey
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  • Aynur Basaran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Zonguldak University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zonguldak, Turkey

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00108-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.018

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 486-490 , September 2009

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