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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common?

Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study

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Pages 80-85 | Received 04 Oct 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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