Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2008; 133(44): 2289-2291
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1091275
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Pharmakotherapie
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Arzneimitteltherapie im Alter: Zu viel und zu wenig, was tun?

Ein neues Bewertungssystem: fit for the aged (FORTA)Drug therapy in the elderly: too much or too little, what to do?A new assessment system: fit for the aged (FORTA)M. Wehling1
  • 1Klinische Pharmakologie Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg
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Publication History

eingereicht: 13.5.2008

akzeptiert: m21.8.2008

Publication Date:
22 October 2008 (online)

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Prof. Dr. Martin Wehling

Klinische Pharmakologie Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg

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Email: martin.wehling@medma.uni-heidelberg.de