Drug Prescription Pattern in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
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Drug Prescription Pattern in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1596-9827,1596-5996
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v11i1.19