Consequences of over-prescribing on the dispensing process in rural Nepal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-154

  Holloway, K A ^a   Gautam, B R ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Dispensing; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPAL; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL POPULATION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEPAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0035077569     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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