The role of community pharmacists in screening and subsequent management of chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 228-245

  Fathima, Mariam ^a   Naik Panvelkar, Pradnya ^a   Saini, Bandana ^a   Armour, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Lung diseases; Mass screening; Obstructive; Outcome assessment (Health Care); Professional practice; Professional role

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 84890896125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552013000400008     Document Type: Article

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