Community pharmacies under pressure: Issues of deregulation and competition

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 354-357

  Schmidt, Ruth A ^a   Pioch, Elke A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Community health services; Medicines; Pharmaceuticals industry; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173656     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550410541471     Document Type: Article

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