Educational needs, practice patterns and quality indicators to improve geriatric pharmacy care
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1715-1635,1913-701X
DOI: 10.1177/1715163514521378