Community Pharmacists role in obesity treatment in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Awad, Abdelmoneim ^a   Waheedi, Mohammad ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Community pharmacists; Kuwait; Obesity; Obesity counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867234780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-863     Document Type: Article

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