A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 101-103

  Babar, Zaheer Ud Din ^a   Bukhari, Nadeem Irfan ^b   Sarwar, Wasim ^a   Efendie, Benny ^a   Pereira, Rosa ^a   Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Nik ^c  

^a UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Malaysia; Pharmacist counseling; Smoking cessation; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHARMACIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249891329     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-005-2905-4     Document Type: Article

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