Characterisation of shops selling veterinary medicines in a tsetse-infested area of Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-38

  Bett, B ^a,b   MacHila, N ^c   Gathura, P B ^b   McDermott, J J ^d   Eisler, M C ^e  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal health care; Business; Personnel; Retail drug outlets

Indexed keywords

VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KENYA; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLIES; VETERINARY DRUGS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942446284     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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