Travel medicine services from community pharmacy: Evaluation of a pilot service

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 7530, 2008, Pages 625-

  Hind, Caroline ^a   Bond, Christine ^b   Lee, Amanda J ^b   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^c  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c University' s Department of Population Health

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACW 135Y VAX; ADRENALIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHOLERA VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEFLOQUINE; MENINGITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; REVAXIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL FEE; MENINGITIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TETANUS; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 57549095928     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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