Lessons from the TAPS study - Warfarin: A major cause of threats to patient safety

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 817-818

  Makeham, Meredith A B ^a   Saltman, Deborah C ^b   Kidd, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; THROMBOSIS;

DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 54449085863     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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