Correction: Improving pharmacy staff knowledge and practice on childhood diarrhea management in Vietnam: Are educational interventions effective? (PLoS ONE (2013) 8:10 (e74882) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074882);Improving Pharmacy Staff Knowledge and Practice on Childhood Diarrhea Management in Vietnam: Are Educational Interventions Effective?

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Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Pham, Duc Minh ^a,c   Byrkit, Mona ^a   Van Pham, Hoang ^b   Pham, Trung ^a   Nguyen, Chien Thang ^a  

^a PATH   (Viet Nam)

^b Institute of Social and Medical Studies   (Viet Nam)

^c Management Science for Health   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 84884843644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213968     Document Type: Erratum

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