**Author details**

Daniela A. Rodrigues1 , Maria Teresa Herdeiro2 , Adolfo Figueiras3 , Paula Coutinho1,4 and Fátima Roque1,4\*

1 Research Unit for Inland Development-Polytechnic of Guarda (UDI-IPG), Guarda, Portugal

2 Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Aveiro (iBiMED-UA), Aveiro, Portugal

3 Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Santiago de Compostela; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP); Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

4 Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior (CICS-UBI), Covilhã, Portugal

\*Address all correspondence to: froque@ipg.pt

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*Elderly and Polypharmacy: Physiological and Cognitive Changes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.92122*
