Improving Safety-Related Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Nurses Handling Cytotoxic Anticancer Drug: Pharmacists' Experience in a General Hospital, Malaysia |
Keat, Chan Huan
(Department of Pharmacy, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital)
Sooaid, Nor Suhada (Department of Pharmacy, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital) Yun, Cheng Yi (Department of Pharmacy, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital) Sriraman, Malathi (Department of Pharmacy, Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital) |
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