Drug-related hospital admissions: A review of Australian studies published 1988-1996

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 405-408

  Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a   Gilbert, Andrew L ^a   Primrose, John G ^b   Sansom, Lloyd N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Dept of Health and Family Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0032550332     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb138996.x     Document Type: Article

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