Possible medication errors in home healthcare patients.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on June 01, 2001

Authors

S Meredith1, P H Feldman, D Frey, K Hall, K Arnold, N J Brown, W A Ray

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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