Drug prescribing by physicians in Cambodia

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 339-342

  Pilscek, Florian H ^a,b  

^a Calmette Hospital   (Cambodia)

^b JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Clinical guidelines; Developing country; Drug prescribing; Drug therapy; Efficacy

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; ASCORBIC ACID; BROMHEXINE; CHLOROQUINE; CIMETIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIGOXIN; DIHYDROERGOTOXINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXYCYCLINE; ETAMSYLATE; FUROSEMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; ISONIAZID; MEFLOQUINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITRATE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; QUININE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DRUG USE; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032852444     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199908/09)8:5<339::AID-PDS439>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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