Latinos' sources of medication and medication information in the United States and their home countries

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-282

  Sleath, Betsy ^a   Blalock, Susan J ^a   Bender, Deborah ^b   Murray, Michael ^a   Cerna, Ana ^a   Cohen, Mauricio G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign medications; Latinos; Medication information; Tiendas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63049118463     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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