Telepharmacy: An Opportunity for Community Pharmacists During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub Saharan Africa

Overview

Journal Health Policy Technol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2020 Nov 10

PMID 33169100

Citations 7

Authors

Erick Wesley Hedima

Roland Nnaemeka Okoro

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