Health promotion at Swedish pharmacies - Views of the staff

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Björkman, Ingeborg ^a,b   Viberg, Nina ^a   Rydberg, Linda ^a   Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia ^a,c,d  

^a IHCAR   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Professional practice; Public health practice; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWEDEN;

EID: 63449092492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552008000400007     Document Type: Article

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