Roles for pharmacists in the management of depression

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 260, Issue 6991, 1998, Pages 599-600

  Donoghue, John ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032565370     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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