Pharmacists' perception of the sale of non-clinically proven health supplements in Penang, Malaysia

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-438

  Hassali, Mohamed A ^a   Saleem, Fahad ^a   Khan, Tahir M ^b   Aljadhey, Hisham ^c   Farooqui, Maryam ^d   ul Haq, Noman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Health supplements; Perception; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PROFIT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPLEMENTATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84879289112     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v12i3.24     Document Type: Article

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