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Appropriate prescribing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Mary P Tully*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
Department of Pharmacy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

Abstract

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Type
Clinical geriatrics
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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