Purchasing a quick fix from private pharmacies in the Gaza Strip

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1489-1500

  Beckerleg, S ^a   Lewando Hundt, G ^a   Eddama, M ^b   El Alem, A ^b   Shawa, R ^b   Abed, Y ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Gaza Health Services Research Centre   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug use; Palestine; Pharmacies

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAIN; PALESTINE; PHARMACY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PHARMACIES; SELF MEDICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0032727519     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00212-9     Document Type: Article

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