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Drug Prescribing for the Elderly

Robert J. Michocki, PharmD; Peter P Lamy, PhD, ScD; Frank J. Hooper, MPH, ScD; James P. Richardson, MD

Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(4):441-444.


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