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1 Increase in US medication-error deaths
RE Ferner, C Anton  The Lancet  Volume 351, Issue 9116, Pages (May 1998) DOI: /S (05) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure Trends in deaths in England and Wales from medication errors and related causes 1983–1996 Causes plotted (with their ICD9 codes) are: medication errors (E ); homicidal poisoning (E962); suicidal poisoning (E950); poisonings undertermined whether accidental or purposeful (E980); dependent and non-dependent abuse of drugs (304–305); misadventures during medical care (E ); drugs causing adverse effects in therapeutic use (E ). The Lancet  , DOI: ( /S (05) ) Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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