Medication errors in primary care in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia;Erreurs de médication en soins de santé primaires à Riyadh (Arabie saoudite)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-159

  Khoja, T ^a   Neyaz, Y ^b   Qureshi, N A ^b   Magzoub, M A ^c   Haycox, A ^c   Walley, T ^c  

^a Ministry of Health ^*

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79952180721     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.2.156     Document Type: Article

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