The epidemiology of prescriptions abandoned at the pharmacy.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on November 16, 2010

Authors

William H Shrank1, Niteesh K Choudhry, Michael A Fischer, Jerry Avorn, Mark Powell, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Joshua N Liberman, Timothy Dollear, Troyen A Brennan, M Alan Brookhart

Author Affiliations

1: Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA.

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