Resident characteristics and organizational factors influencing the quality of drug use in Swedish nursing homes.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on October 01, 1998

Authors

I Schmidt1, C B Claesson, B Westerholm, B L Svarstad

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1: Apoteket AB, Stockholm, Sweden.

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