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. 2014 Nov-Dec;6(6):i-ii.

Polypharmacy: a global risk factor for elderly people

Rushabh J Dagli  1 , Akanksha Sharma  2
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Polypharmacy: a global risk factor for elderly people

Rushabh J Dagli et al. J Int Oral Health. 2014 Nov-Dec.
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