Pharmacists' utilization and interest in usage of personal digital assistants in their professional responsibilities

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Dasgupta, Anandaroop ^a   Sansgiry, Sujit S ^b   Sherer, Jeff T ^b   Wallace, David ^b   Sikri, Samir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c MarketRx   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249169851     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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