Admissions to hospital caused by adverse drug reactions: cross sectional incidence study
BMJPublished 15 April 2000Open access
P. Pouyanne
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The incidence of admissions caused by adverse drug reactions was calculated by conducting a prospective cross sectional study of a representative nationwide sample of medical wards in public hospitals in French teaching hospitals and general hospitals.
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MedicinePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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