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Using prescribing indicators to measure the quality of prescribing to elderly medical in-patients.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Human and Health Sciences (IJHHS)
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2523-692X
DOI: 10.31344/ijhhs.v1i2.12