Attitudes of Nigerian pharmacists towards pharmaceutical care

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-214

  Oparah, Azuka C ^a   Eferakeya, Adego E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude scale; Community pharmacists; Hospital pharmacists; Nigeria; Pharmaceutical care; Pharmacy practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NIGERIA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23844497710     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-004-2268-2     Document Type: Article

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