Pharmacy research: The place of work measurement

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-58

  Rutter, Paul M ^a   Brown, David ^a   Jones, Ian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Pharmacy Practice ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; STAFF; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031776725     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.1998.tb00915.x     Document Type: Article

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