Inadequate drug advice in the pharmacies of Guatemala and Mexico: The scale of the problem and explanatory factors

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 605-616

  Kroeger, A ^a   Ochoa, H ^a   Arana, B ^a   Diaz, A ^a   Rizzo, N ^a   Flores, W ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEXICO; PHARMACY; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; STAFF TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIARRHEA; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034808247     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120092543     Document Type: Article

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