Incorporating drug shops in the management of sexually transmitted diseases: Suggestions from a study in Uganda [1]

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 518-519

  Jacobs, Bart ^a   Pool, Robert ^b   Whitworth, James ^b,c  

^a Swiss Red Cross ^*  (Cambodia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA;

EID: 22344435956     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462054308387     Document Type: Letter

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