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Original Article

Drug prescribing in primary care related to patient age

Trends in a ten-year repeated prescription study in a swedish province

(Associate Professor IHCAR) &
Pages 23-24 | Received 19 Feb 2004, Accepted 12 Nov 2004, Published online: 20 Mar 2010

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