Drug prescription: A practice subject to influences;La prescription thérapeutique: Un acte sous influences

Medecine et Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 2229, 1998, Pages 2073-2077

  Louis Simonet, M ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 1542273343     PISSN: 00256749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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