Influencing Consumer Cross-Border Internet Pharmacy Shopping Behavior

Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 53-62

  Wong Rieger, Durhane ^a  

^a Anemia Inst for Res and Education   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross border pharmacy; drug importation; Internet pharmacy; patient attitudes; risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249943158     PISSN: 08837597     EISSN: 15408574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/J058v16n03_07     Document Type: Article

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