Shoppers drug mart or poachers drug mart?;Pharmaprix ou pharmabraconnage?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Attaran, Amir ^a   Walker, Roderick B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CAREER; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRATION; MORALITY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 38949124518     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071733     Document Type: Editorial

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