Private pharmacies and tuberculosis control: A survey of case detection skills and reported anti-tuberculosis drug dispensing in private pharmacies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1052-1059

  Lonnroth, K ^a   Lambregts, K ^a   Nhien, D T T ^a   Quy, H T ^a   Diwan, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispensing practices; Private pharmacies; Tuberculosis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0033763855     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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