Medicines prescribing pattern in northern Ghana: does it comply with WHO recommendations for prescribing indicators?
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1996-0816
DOI: 10.5897/ajpp2018.4981