Availability and needs of herbal medicinal information resources at community pharmacy, Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 351-360

  Al Arifi, Mohamed N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Availability; Herbal; Medicinal; Recourse

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84884533602     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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