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Current explicit criteria offer little consensus on which medications are potentially inappropriate in older adults

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Current explicit criteria offer little consensus on which medications are potentially inappropriate in older adults. Drugs Ther. Perspect 27, 23–26 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257133

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