Misinformation about medications in rural Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 83-89

  Wolf Gould, Carolyn S ^a   Taylor, Naomi ^a   Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a   Barry, Michele ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

drug knowledge; Ghana; misuse of drugs

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLOROQUINE; DIPYRONE; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF MEDICATION;

ADULT; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MALE; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; OVERDOSE; RURAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025845814     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90459-P     Document Type: Article

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