Pharmacy-based Immunization in Rural Communities Strategy (PhICS): A community cluster-randomized trial

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-44

  Marra, Fawziah ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^b   Gastonguay, Louise ^a   Marra, Carlo A ^a   Lynd, Larry D ^a   Kendall, Perry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 84893437830     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: 1913701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1715163513514020     Document Type: Article

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