Antiepileptic drug use in nursing home admissions
β Scribed by Judith Garrard; Susan Harms; Nancy Hardie; Lynn E. Eberly; Nicole Nitz; Patricia Bland; Cynthia R. Gross; Ilo E. Leppik
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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