Pharmaceutical waste: The patient role

Green and Sustainable Pharmacy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 179-200

  Castensson, Staffan ^a   Ekedahl, Anders ^b  

^a Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

^b National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies   (Sweden)

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EID: 79955794816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05199-9_12     Document Type: Chapter

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