Adverse drug events in general practice patients in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Miller, Graeme C ^a   Britt, Helena C ^a   Valenti, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; SAMPLE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33645770994     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00263.x     Document Type: Article

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