Glaucoma patient receipt of information and instruction on how to use their eye drops

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Sleath, Betsy ^a,e   Byrd, John E ^a   Robin, Alan L ^b   Covert, David ^c   Tudor, Gail ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^d HUSSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949123996     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.16.1.0007     Document Type: Article

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