Variation in the incidence, presentation and management of nine minor ailments in community pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 266, Issue 7141, 2001, Pages 429-432

  Seston, Liz ^b   Nicolson, Margaret ^b   Hassell, Karen ^b   Cantrill, Judith ^b   Noyce, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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