Medication administration errors in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1257-1259

  Sadat Ali, Mir ^a   Al Shafei, Badar A ^a   Al Turki, Rasha A ^a   Ahmed, Syed E ^a   Al Abbas, Salman A ^a   Al Omran, Abdallah S ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 78649453499     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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