Clarifying adverse drug events: a clinician's guide to terminology, documentation, and reporting.

Jonathan R. Nebeker; Paul Barach; Matthew H. Samore

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Clarifying adverse drug events: a clinician's guide to terminology, documentation, and reporting.

March 6, 2005

Nebeker JR, Barach P, Samore MH. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140(10):795-801.

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