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Romanow on Pharmaceuticals: A Strong Case for Access to Quality Medication Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2010

Anita L. Kozyrskyj
Anita L. Kozyrskyj*
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
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Requests for offprints should be sent to: / Les demandes de tirés-a-part doivent être adressées à: Anita L. Kozyrskyj, PhD, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 408–727 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MBR3E 3P5. (kozyrsk@cc.umanitoba.ca)
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Type
Editorials: Perspectives on the Romanow Commission Report/Éditoriaux : Perspectives sur le Rapport de la Commission Romanow
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , Spring/Printemps 2003 , pp. 25 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2003

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