Community pharmacy service users' views and perceptions of alcohol screening and brief intervention

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 596-602

  Dhital, Ranjita ^a   Whittlesea, Cate M ^a   Norman, Ian J ^a   Milligan, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Community pharmacy; Pharmacy service user; Service uptake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COUNSELING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958516600     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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