Challenges in managing a retail pharmacy: Views from community pharmacists in the State of Penang, Malaysia

Journal of Medical Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 244-249

  Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Saleem, Fahad ^a   Alrasheedy, Alian A ^b   Aljadhey, Hisham ^c   Verma, Ashutosh K ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Challenges; Community pharmacists; Malaysia; Penang; Retail pharmacies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943228746     PISSN: 17457904     EISSN: 17457912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745790415586326     Document Type: Article

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