What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions

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Masnoon, Nashwa, et al. “What Is Polypharmacy? A Systematic Review of Definitions”. BMC Geriatrics, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0621-2.
Masnoon, N., Shakib, S., Kalisch-Ellett, L., & Caughey, G. E. (2017). What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions. BMC Geriatrics, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0621-2
Masnoon, Nashwa, Sepehr Shakib, Lisa Kalisch-Ellett, and Gillian E. Caughey. “What Is Polypharmacy? A Systematic Review of Definitions”. BMC Geriatrics 17, no. 1 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0621-2.
Masnoon N, Shakib S, Kalisch-Ellett L, Caughey GE. What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions. BMC Geriatrics. 2017;17(1).
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