Appropriateness of antithrombotic prescribing for elderly inpatients with atrial fibrillation

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 263, Issue 7063 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Elliott, R A ^a   Woodward, M C ^a   Oborne, C Alice ^b  

^a Centre for Applied Gerontology   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24644483822     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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