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Comment
. 2014 Jun;77(6):915-6.
doi: 10.1111/bcp.12284.

Going beyond the numbers - a call to redefine polypharmacy

Carmel M Hughes  1 , Janine A Cooper, Cristin Ryan
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Going beyond the numbers - a call to redefine polypharmacy

Carmel M Hughes et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jun.
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