Scope, completeness, and accuracy of drug information in Wikipedia

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Wikipedia has a more narrow scope, is less complete, and has more errors of omission than the comparator database. Wikipedia may be a useful point of engagement for consumers, but is not authoritative and should only be a supplemental source of drug information.
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Authors Clauson KA;Polen HH;Boulos MN;Dzenowagis JH;;
Journal the annals of pharmacotherapy
Year 2008
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databases National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine statistical Comparative Study time factors data interpretation pmid:19017825 doi:10.1345/aph.1l474 kevin a clauson hyla h polen joan h dzenowagis factual / standards* drug information services / standards* drug information services / trends internet / standards* internet / trends medication errors / prevention & control

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