Comparison of dietary supplement product knowledge and confidence between pharmacists and health food store employees

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-168

  Coon, Scott A ^a   Stevens, Vanessa W ^b   Brown, Jack E ^c   Wolff, Stephen E ^d   Wrobel, Mark J ^e  

^a ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Tops Friendly Markets   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIKERT SCALE; NEW YORK; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACY; PRODUCT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84946845081     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2015.14071     Document Type: Article

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