Therapeutic injections in Pakistan: From the patients' perspective

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-75

  Raglow, Gregory J ^a,b   Luby, Stephen P ^a   Nabi, Naheed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Medical Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Blood; Developing country; Drug therapy; Economics; Education

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PAKISTAN; PILL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0035104147     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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