Potentially avoidable inpatient nights among warfarin receiving patients; An audit of a single university teaching hospital

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Forde, Dánall ^a   O'Connor, Mortimer B ^b   Gilligan, Oonagh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

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EID: 77049099324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-41     Document Type: Article

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