Attitudes and knowledge about pain among West Virginia pharmacists

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-382

  Ponte, Charles D ^a   Johnson Tribino, Jennifer ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain management; Pharmacists; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 34548252947     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2007.06087     Document Type: Article

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