Pharmacist provision of language-appropriate education for Asian patients with asthma

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 472-477

  Odegard, Peggy Soule ^a   Lam, Annie ^a   Chun, Alan ^b   Blough, David ^a   Li, Marie Ann ^a   Wu, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Public Health Seattle and King County   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Asian American patients; Asthma; Education; English as second language; Language; Medications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACISTS; UNITED STATES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 16544366394     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/1544345041475742     Document Type: Article

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