The use of medication in infants in Alexandria, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 320-327

  Zaki, A ^a   Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Bassili, A ^a   Arafa, M ^b   Bedwani, R ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EGYPT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EGYPT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033086111     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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