Geographic Accessibility of Community Pharmacies in Ontario

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 36-45

  Law, Michael R ^a   Dijkstra, Anna ^a   Douillard, Jay A ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACY; POPULATION;

EID: 79952971975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2011.22097     Document Type: Article

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