Antimalarials prescribing patterns in Gezira State: Precepts and practices

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 939-947

  Yousif, M A ^a   Adeel, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b Blue Nile Research and Training Institute   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASON; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUDAN;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACOPOEIAS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SUDAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034261559     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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