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Adverse Drug Events and Surgical Patients: Need for Pharmacovigilance Urgency

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Hellenic Journal of Surgery

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Siraj Khan & Zakir Khan

  2. Çukurova Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Farmakoloji Anabilim Dalı, Sariçam, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    Zakir Khan & Yusuf Karataş

  3. Balcalı Hospital, Cukurova University, Adana, 01330, Turkey

    Yusuf Karataş

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Khan, S., Khan, Z. & Karataş, Y. Adverse Drug Events and Surgical Patients: Need for Pharmacovigilance Urgency. Hellenic J Surg 92, 35–36 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-020-0541-z

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