An investigation of nicotine replacement therapy provision by community pharmacists in Wandsworth Primary Care Trust, London

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 7427, 2006, Pages 609-611

  Agomo, Chijioke ^a   Rowlands, Gill ^b,e   Ashworth, Mark ^c   Reid, Fiona ^d  

^a Institute of Primary Care and Public Health ^*

^b Institute of Primary Care and Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33751582047     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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