Prescribing rationality and availabilty of antimalarial drugs in Hajjah, Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-617

  Abdo Rabbo, A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYRUP; TABLET; YEMEN; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; YEMEN;

EID: 16844369992     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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