Pharmacy Practice in Pakistan

Pharmacy Practice in Developing Countries: Achievements and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 97-115

  Hussain, Azhar ^a   Jamshed, Shazia ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Generic medicines; Pakistan; Pharmacy council; Pharmacy practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967546677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801714-2.00006-X     Document Type: Chapter

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