Expedited Partner Therapy: Pharmacist Refusal of Legal Prescriptions
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1537-4521,0148-5717
DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000751