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Prescription ErrorsLegibility and Drug Name Confusion
Robert T. Brodell, MD;
Stephen E. Helms, MD;
Indira KrishnaRao, MD;
Donald L. Bredle, PhD
Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(3):296-298.
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