Sleep health awareness in pharmacy undergraduates and practising community pharmacists

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-652

  Tze Min Ang, K ^a   Saini, B ^a   Wong, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Awareness; Disorder; Knowledge; Pharmacy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPECIALISM; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949135219     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2008.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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