Drug compliance and the elderly: who is publishing, where, and when? Cumprimento da prescrição medicamentosa por idosos: quem, onde e quando está publicando?

• Main Authors: Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira (Author), Fernando Lefèvre (Author), Lia Lusitana Cardoso de Castro (Author), Aracy Witt de Pinho Spínola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Population aging has occurred in a rather heterogeneous way worldwide. The increasing size of the elder age group highlights various health-related problems for the elderly. One such issue is non-compliance with drug prescriptions, a potential source of serious, even life-threatening problems for th...