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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 Aug 2012 at 22:03 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “Medications Are 'Inappropriately' Prescribed To 1 In 5 Seniors: Study”
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Publication: Scientific American Observations
Title: “One in Five Rx's for Seniors Is Inappropriate | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network”
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Publication: EurekAlert
Title: “Many medications for elderly are prescribed inappropriately”
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 31 Aug 2012 at 21:44 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: MedPage Today
Title: “Risky Drugs Widely Used by Seniors”
http://www.medpagetoday.c...
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RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 21 Sep 2012 at 23:34 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Nivel
Title: “NIVEL | Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg”
http://www.nivel.nl/nieuw...
Publication: About.com
Title: “Pharmacists Must Ensure Seniors Don't Receive Inappropriate Prescriptions”
http://pharmacy.about.com...
Publication: CBC News
Title: “Prescriptions to seniors inappropriate 20% of the time - Health - CBC News”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/he...
Publication: Zorgvisie
Title: “Zorgvisie - Een op de vijf ouderen krijgt verkeerd medicijn”
http://www.zorgvisie.nl/K...
Publication: TVV online
Title: “TVVonline, website van Tijdschrift voor Verzorgenden - Nieuws”
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Publication: Skirpr
Title: “Medicatie ouderen ondermaats - Actueel - Skipr”
http://www.skipr.nl/actue...
Publication: Artsen Net
Title: “Een op de vijf ouderen krijgt verkeerd medicijn”
http://www.artsennet.nl/N...
Publication: Medisch Contact
Title: “Medicatie voor ouderen vaak ongepast”
http://medischcontact.art...
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