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The Effect of Computer-assisted Prescription Writing on Emergency Department Prescription Errors
Article first published online: 8 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1168
© 2002 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Bizovi, K. E., Beckley, B. E., McDade, M. C., Adams, A. L., Lowe, R. A., Zechnich, A. D. and Hedges, J. R. (2002), The Effect of Computer-assisted Prescription Writing on Emergency Department Prescription Errors. Academic Emergency Medicine, 9: 1168–1175. doi: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1168
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- Issue published online: 8 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 8 JAN 2008
- Received March 1, 2002; revised June 19, 2002; revised July 23, 2002;accepted July 26, 2002
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