Quantifying adverse drug events : are systematic reviews the answer?

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Published in Drug Saf on January 01, 2004

Authors

Mahyar Etminan1, Bruce Carleton, Paula A Rochon

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada. metminan@shaw.ca

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