Assessing the need for a domiciliary pharmaceutical service for elderly patients using a coding system to record and quantify data

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 258, Issue 6937, 1997, Pages 479-484

  Naylor, Deirdre M ^a   Oxley, David V ^a,b  

^a Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Bradford Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000891027     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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