How well do pharmacists know their patients? A case report highlighting natural health product disclosure

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Necyk, Candace ^a   Barnes, Joanne ^b   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^a   Boon, Heather ^c   Vohra, Sunita ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CALCIUM CHEWABLE; ACTIVE CALCIUM PLUS; AMLODIPINE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; BIOMEGA; CAL MAG ZINC LIQUID; CALCIUM; COQUINONE 100; ESSIAC TEA; FISH OIL; FLOR ESSENCE TEA; GINGKO PS; HEALTH PAK 100; HEPAPLUS; KARDOVITE; MULTIVITAMIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NORWEGIAN KELP; NUTRIMEAL; ORGANIC GREEN TEA; ORGANIC NIGHTY NIGHT TEA; PHYTOESTRIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; PROCOSA 2; PROFLAVANOL C 100; STRONTIUM 2; STRS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISION EX;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; OSTEOPENIA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84887419446     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: 1913701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1715163513493387     Document Type: Article

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