Critical assessment of the systematic review on hospitalization resulting from medicine related problems

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1465-1466

  Souza, Thais T ^a   Saez Benito, Loreto ^a,b   Correr, Cassyano J ^a   Fernandez Llimos, Fernando ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84919327024     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12461     Document Type: Letter

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