Community pharmacy's contribution to improving the public's health: The case of weight management

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 123-125

  Blenkinsopp, Alison ^a   Anderson, Claire ^b   Armstrong, Miriam ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Pharmacy Healthlink ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 43949102047     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/ijpp.16.3.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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