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Factors influencing doctors' ability to calculate drug doses correctly.
Wheeler DW, Wheeler SJ, Ringrose TR. Int J Clin Pract. 2007;61:189-194.

This study found that physicians who had recently completed training and those who practiced in the community struggled most with correctly prescribing drugs when the dose is expressed as a ratio or percentage.
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