Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 347-358 , September 2006

Market dynamics of community pharmacies in Minnesota

  • Jon C. Schommer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard Street, S.E., 7-155 WDH Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 612 626 9915; fax: +1 612 625 9931.
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  • Reshmi L. Singh, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy—Boston, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Richard R. Cline, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard Street, S.E., 7-155 WDH Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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  • Ronald S. Hadsall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard Street, S.E., 7-155 WDH Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

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☆ An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 152nd annual meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, Orlando, FL, April 4, 2005.

PII: S1551-7411(06)00067-2

doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2006.07.004

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 347-358 , September 2006

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