Comment on 'Prevalence, Incidence and Nature of Prescribing Errors in Hospital Inpatients: A Systematic review'

Drug Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-165

  Franklin, Bryony Dean ^a   McLeod, Monsey ^a   Barber, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL ERROR; PRESCRIBING ERROR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 75649145723     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11319080-000000000-00000     Document Type: Letter

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