Student pharmacists' attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 618-625

  Noureldin, Marwa ^a   Murawski, Matthew M ^a   Mason, Holly L ^a   Plake, Kimberly S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complementary and alternative medicine; Perceptions; Student pharmacists; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PHARMACY STUDENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890500415     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2013.12212     Document Type: Article

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