Perceptions and barriers towards provision of health promotion activities among community pharmacists in the State of Penang, Malaysia

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1562-1568

  Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Subish, P ^a   Shafie, A A ^a   Ibrahim, M I M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barrier; Community pharmacists; Health promotion activities; Perception

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALAYSIA; NUTRITION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 67650128504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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