Pharmacists as vaccine advocates: Roles in community pharmacies, nursing homes, and hospitals

Vaccine

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1705-1710

  Grabenstein, John D ^a  

^a Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Immunization; Nursing homes; Pharmacies; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032212456     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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