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. 2016 Nov;64(11):2400.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.14506. Epub 2016 Oct 26.

Reply to "Antipsychotics: Mortality Risk Themselves?"

Shoshana J Herzig  1   2 , Edward R Marcantonio  1   2   3
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Reply to "Antipsychotics: Mortality Risk Themselves?"

Shoshana J Herzig et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Nov.
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