Risk Factors and Specific Prescriptions Related to Inappropriate Prescribing among Japanese Elderly Home Care Patients
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عنوان ژورنال: General Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1346-0072,1883-6011
DOI: 10.14442/general.15.117