Assessing multiple medication use with probabilities of benefits and harms.

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Published in J Aging Health on July 14, 2008

Authors

Terrence E Murphy1, Joseph V Agostini, Peter H Van Ness, Peter Peduzzi, Mary E Tinetti, Heather G Allore

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. terrence.murphy@yale.edu

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