Community pharmacists' knowledge of antioxidant vitamins

Journal of Pharmacy Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 149-154

  Offricht, Debra M ^a   Malone, Margaret ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; VITAMIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029979988     PISSN: 87551225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/875512259601200408     Document Type: Article

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