The quality of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine prescriptions, counselling and drug-dispensing practices, for children in Kenya

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-324

  Zurovac, D ^a,b   Ochola, S A ^c   Midia, B ^d   Snow, R W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COUNSELING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 17144376425     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X24247     Document Type: Article

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