Availability of Spanish prescription labels.

Iman Sharif; Sarah Lo; Philip O Ozuah

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Availability of Spanish prescription labels.

March 1, 2006

Sharif I, Lo S, Ozuah PO. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006;17(1):65-9.

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The authors surveyed pharmacies in the Bronx, New York, and found that 69% could provide prescription labels in Spanish, and that most used a computer program to translate the labels.

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