Antibiotic dispensing by drug retailers in Kathmandu, Nepal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 782-788

  Wachter, David A ^a   Joshi, Mohan P ^b   Rimal, Binaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Developing country; Drug use; Nepal; Pharmacies; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DILOXANIDE FUROATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; DIARRHEA; DYSURIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEPAL; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEPAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHARMACIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032716807     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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