Editorial

Access to Megadoses of Vitamin D, Insufficient Knowledge of People and Poor Practice of Community Pharmacists, Made a Vicious Circle in the Direction to D Hypervitaminosis in Iran

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Access to Megadoses of Vitamin D, Insufficient Knowledge of People and Poor Practice of Community Pharmacists, Made a Vicious Circle in the Direction to D Hypervitaminosis in Iran.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18502/jpc.v11i3.15994
Keywords
Megadose VitaminD Community Pharmacists Hypervitaminosis

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Mohammad Soleymani S, Esmaily H. Access to Megadoses of Vitamin D, Insufficient Knowledge of People and Poor Practice of Community Pharmacists, Made a Vicious Circle in the Direction to D Hypervitaminosis in Iran. J Pharm Care. 2023;11(3):124-125.