Health promotion perceptions among community pharmacists in Nigeria

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-221

  Oparah, Azuka C ^a   Okojie, Obehi O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGERIA; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 25444453268     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.13.3.0007     Document Type: Article

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