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The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7188
9 March 2002

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Leading Article   
   Is postcode pharmacy such a bad thing? [more]

News & Features   
   News (including LPC Conference)

   Pharmacists can help smokers stop so why are they not properly funded? [more]

Broad Spectrum   
   Six-point plan helps assess quality of internet health information [more]

Letters   
   Letters to the Editor

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)   
   Calcium — an update
   »(PDF*, 45K)

Articles   
   Pharmacists as patients: Living with ...
   Hypertension
   Migraine
   Multiple sclerosis

Meetings   
   European Foundation for the Advancement of Healthcare Practitioners [more]

Original papers   
   
Vapour pressures, evaporation behaviour and airborne concentrations of hazardous drugs: implications for occupational safety
   »(PDF*, 130K)

Onlooker   
   Under the weather /
   Remember mother /
   Bioterror problem [more]

The Society   
   News
   Obituaries and Tributes
   Industrial Pharmacists Group

   Official Notices
   Council and auditors' election 2002 [more]
   Statutory Committee decision [more]

Notice-board
   Branch meetings
   Future events
   Conferences
and more

Products
Announcements


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Front Cover Picture
This week's front cover picture (by Christopher Icha) reflects the mood of some pharmacists at the local pharmaceutical committees' conference that the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee may be drinking in the Last Chance Saloon
See Comment and News

No Smoking Day
Pharmacists have a key role to play in smoking cessation. A news feature reports on the problems that pharmacists who want to provide smoking cessation services face.

Further debate about homoeopathy
Results from a placebo-controlled trial suggest that homoeopathy is ineffective for treatment of patients with asthma. Further debate about homoeopathy.

Update on calcium
A continuing professional development article provides an update on the function, benefits and potential adverse effects of calcium.

Vaporising pharmaceuticals
Research from Germany indicates that some pharmaceuticals may evaporate during normal handling and advises that this must be considered when designing safety measures.


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