Tablet crushing and the law

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 271, Issue 7258, 2003, Pages 90-91

  Griffith, Richard ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TABLET FORMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042164341     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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