Prescribing errors in hospital practice
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Prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: their incidence and clinical significance.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0306-5251
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04313.x