Physicians' prescribing behaviour for diarrhoea in children: An ethnoepidemiological study in southern Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-346

  Béria, Jorge U ^a   Damiani, Magda F ^a   Dos Santos, Iná S ^a   Lombardi, Cintia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Diarrhoea case management; Health centres; Physicians' prescribing behaviour; Prescribing practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHOEA TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH INTERVENTION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

BRAZIL, RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE, PELOTAS;

EID: 0345451619     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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