Drugs for the elderly Second edition

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Drugs for the elderly

Second edition

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WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Drugs for the elderly - 2nd ed. / edited by L. Offerhaus (WHO regional publications. European series; No. 71)

I .Drug therapy - in old age 2.Drugs - administration and dosage 3. Europe I.Offerhaus, L. II.Series

Text editing: Frank Theakston

Cover design: John Fowlie and Martin Basset

ISBN 92-890-1335-4 ISBN 978-92-890-1335-2 ISSN 0378-2255

(NLM Classification: WT 100)

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ISBN 92-890-1335-4 ISBN 978-92-890-1335-2

ISSN 0378-2255

The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization wel

comes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. Applications and enquiries should be addressed to the Office of Publications, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Scherfigsvej 8, DK- 2100 Copenhagen 0, Denmark, which will be glad to provide the latest information on any changes made to the text, plans for new editions, and reprints and translations already available.

© World Health Organization 1997

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The names of countries or areas used in this publication are those that obtained at the time the original language edition of the book was prepared.

The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers' prod

ucts does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary prod

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