Recommendations of community pharmacists for the treatment of sprains and strains

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-276

  Braund, Rhiannon ^a,b   Bannerman, Sarah L ^a   Lim, Canary ^a   Moon, Jane ^a   Nicholls, Justine ^a   Straight, Petra ^a   Thompson, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b School of Pharmacy   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN;

EID: 33845934650     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.14.4.0007     Document Type: Article

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