Psychotropic Drug Metabolism in Old Age :

Principles and Problems of Assessment

Lisa L. von Moltke, David J. Greenblatt, Jerold S. Harmatz, and Richard I. Shader
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

and

Division of Clinical Pharmacology
New England Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111


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