STD management by private pharmacies in Hanoi: Practice and knowledge of drug sellers

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-302

  Chalker, J ^a,d   Chuc, N T K ^a,b   Falkenberg, T ^a   Do, N T ^c   Tomson, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Health Strategy and Policy Institute   (Viet Nam)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Viet Nam)

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

Author keywords

Private pharmacies; Sexually transmitted diseases; Simulated client methods

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRUG MARKETING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIET NAM;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0033821145     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.4.299     Document Type: Article

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