Adverse drug reaction reporting by doctors in a developing country: A case study from Ghana
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Adverse drug reaction reporting by doctors in a developing country: a case study from Ghana.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ghana Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0855-0328
DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v48i4.4