JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 541-542 , October 2007

Look-Alike Medications: A Formula for Possible Morbidity and Mortality in the Long-Term Care Facility

  • Grant Walliser, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities, Hattie Larlham Research Institute, Mantua and Akron, Ohio
    • ,
  • Richard Grossberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities, Hattie Larlham Research Institute, Mantua and Akron, Ohio
    • ,
  • Michael D. Reed, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities, Hattie Larlham Research Institute, Mantua and Akron, Ohio
    • Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Research Center, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Mantua and Akron, Ohio.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michael D. Reed, PharmD, FCCP, FCP, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Division, Akron Children’s Hospital, One Perkins Square, Akron, Ohio 44308-1062.

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00343-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.07.004

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 541-542 , October 2007

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