Current state of community pharmacy in Japan: Practice, research, and future opportunities or challenges

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2008-2014

  Yamamura, Shigeo ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuo ^b   Oide, Sentato ^b   Kitazawa, Shikifumi ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Pharmaceutical Association   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Japan

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JAPAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; RESEARCH;

EID: 33750992206     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H221     Document Type: Review

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