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. 2021 Feb 8;193(6):E215.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201564.

Prescribing cascades in older adults

Shelley A Sternberg  1 , Shiri Guy-Alfandary  2 , Paula A Rochon  2
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Prescribing cascades in older adults

Shelley A Sternberg et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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