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How should a physician assess medication burden and polypharmacy?
Anum Iqbal1,2, Fiona Matthews2, Barbara Hanratty2
1School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
|October 8, 2021
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