Acceptance of a Chlamydia screening program in community pharmacies

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-291

  Taylor, Kim L ^a   Clifford, Rhonda M ^a   Marshall, Lewis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 39449123856     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2007.tb00767.x     Document Type: Article

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