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Medication Errors in Paediatrics

A Case Report and Systematic Review of Risk Factors

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This work was supported by a grant from The Medical Research Council of Canada.

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  1. Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Orna Diav-Citrin, Savithiri Ratnapalan &  Gideon Koren

  2. Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Masoud Grouhi & Chaim Roifman

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Diav-Citrin, O., Ratnapalan, S., Grouhi, M. et al. Medication Errors in Paediatrics. Paediatr Drugs 2, 239–242 (2000). https://doi.org/10.2165/00128072-200002030-00007

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