Letter to the Editor on the Identification of Potentially Inappropriate Medications among Elderly Patients in Ambulatory Care in Portugal
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Aged, Ambulatory Care, Inappropriate Prescribing, Portugal, Potentially Inappropriate Medication ListAbstract
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