Views of Asians and non-Asians on sources of drug information and the desirability for medication to be made available over the counter

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 411, 1996, Pages 609-610

  Rashid, Aly ^a   Jagger, Carol ^b   Goodyer, Larry ^c  

^a Countesthorpe Health Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug administration; Drug information; Ethnic differences; Over the counter medicines

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; EAR DROPS; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; OINTMENT; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION;

ASIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACIES;

EID: 0029857243     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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