Utilisation of community pharmacists by the general public in Malaysia

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-69

  Chua, Siew Siang ^a   Lim, Kien Ping ^a   Lee, Hong Gee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

community pharmacy; counselling; prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872254847     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2012.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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