Drug utilization, prescription errors and potential drug-drug interactions: an experience in rural Sri Lanka.

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Published in BMC Pharmacol Toxicol on June 25, 2016

Authors

Devarajan Rathish1, Sivaswamy Bahini2, Thanikai Sivakumar2, Thilani Thiranagama2, Tharmarajah Abarajithan3, Buddhika Wijerathne4, Channa Jayasumana2, Sisira Siribaddana5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka. rathishdeva@gmail.com.
2: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka.
3: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka.
4: Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka.
5: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka.

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