Descriptive analysis of the drug name lexicon

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-172

  Lambert, B L ^a   Chang, K Y ^a   Lin, S J ^a  

^a Dept of Pharmacy Administration ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Description; Drug nomenclature; Generic; Medication errors; Similarity; Trademark

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035096853     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150103500119     Document Type: Review

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4. Stemming algorithms