Prescription Errors Before and After Introduction of Electronic Medication Alert System in a Pediatric Emergency Department
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Medication Errors in an Emergency Department in a Large Teaching Hospital in Tehran
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12678