Community pharmacists’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards immunization in Quebec

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e89-e94

  Valiquette, Jean Rémi ^a   Bédard, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunization; Pharmacists; Quebec; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936079275     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4880     Document Type: Article

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