Behind the counter: Pharmacies and dispensing patterns of pharmacy attendants in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 149-153

  Rabbani, F ^a   Cheema, F H ^a   Talati, N ^a   Siddiqui, S ^a   Syed, S ^a   Bashir, S ^a   Zuberi, L Z ^a   Shamim, A ^a   Mumtaz, Q ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035317924     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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