Beliefs about medicines among Swedish pharmacy employees

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-238

  Jörgensen, Tove M ^a   Andersson, Karolina A ^a   Mårdby, Ann Charlotte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs about medicines; BMQ; Community Pharmacy; Pharmacy employees; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMEOPATHY; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750581987     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-005-2907-2     Document Type: Article

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