Perceptions of community pharmacy staff regarding strategies to reduce and to improve the reporting of medication incidents

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 296-301

  Scobie, Andrea C ^a,c   Boyle, Todd A ^b,c   MacKinnon, Neil J ^a,c   Deal, Heidi ^a,c   Mahaffey, Tom ^b,c  

^a Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmocognosy   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 78650100332     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: 1913701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3821/1913-701X-143.6.296     Document Type: Article

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