Patient perceptions of pharmacist roles in guiding self-medication of over-the-counter therapy in Qatar

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 87-93

  Wilbur, Kerry ^a   El Salam, Samah ^a   Mohammadi, Ebrahim ^b  

^a Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

^b QATAR PETROLEUM   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Over the counter; Patient; Pharmacist; Qatar; Self medication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954606810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s9530     Document Type: Article

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