Adverse drug events occurring following hospital discharge.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on April 01, 2005

Authors

Alan J Forster1, Harvey J Murff, Josh F Peterson, Tejal K Gandhi, David W Bates

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Internal Medicine and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. aforster@ohri.ca

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