Comparative Analysis and Conclusion

Pharmacy Practice in Developing Countries: Achievements and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 449-467

  Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed ^a   Fathelrahman, Ahmed Ibrahim ^b   Wertheimer, Albert I ^c  

^a Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Good pharmacy practice; Gross domestic product; Gross national income; Health care system; Millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967493920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801714-2.00020-4     Document Type: Chapter

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