The importance of home visits: A case of extreme polypharmacy

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 94-95

  Lim, Wen Kwang ^a   Mason, Janis ^a  

^a Bundoora Extended Care   (Australia)

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EID: 0345824520     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2000.tb00152.x     Document Type: Article

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