Inappropriate polypharmacy: reducing the burden of multiple medication
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Inappropriate polypharmacy: reducing the burden of multiple medication.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-5-514