Evaluation of drug information databases for personal digital assistants

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1015-1024

  Clauson, Kevin A ^a   Seamon, Matthew J ^b,c   Clauson, Angela S ^d   Van, Thu B ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NSU Drug Information Center   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (United States)

^d Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Databases; Dietary supplements; Drug information; Drug interactions; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DRUG INFORMATION; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; MICROCOMPUTER; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543058732     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/61.10.1015     Document Type: Article

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