Prescription writing in Gondar outpatient teaching hospital, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Desta, Z ^a   Abdulwhab, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH WORKER TRAINING;

ETHIOPIA, GONDAR;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; ISONIAZID; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION;

DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0029669904     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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