Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Herbal Medicine

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1272-1276

  Chang, Ziba Gorji ^a,b   Kennedy, Daniel T ^b   Holdford, David A ^b   Small, Ralph E ^b  

^a Target Pharmacy   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHYTOTHERAPY;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PHARMACISTS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 34547681725     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.140062     Document Type: Article

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