Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting perspectives among interns and postgraduates of a teaching hospital
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Adverse drug reaction reporting in a pharmacovigilance centre of Nepal.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0976-500X
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500x.142436