Translating prescription labels: California considers proposal
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Access to multilingual prescription labels and verbal translation services in California.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Today
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1042-0991
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-0991(15)30584-3