A New Computer-Based Tool to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Hospitalized Geriatric Patients
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Potentially inappropriate prescriptions for older patients in long-term care
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عنوان ژورنال: Drugs & Aging
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1170-229X,1179-1969
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-015-0340-3