Spontaneous reporting: how many cases are required to trigger a warning? [see comments]
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0306-5251
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1991.tb03922.x