Self-medication with antibiotics and antimalarials in the community of Khartoum State, Sudan

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 326-331

  Awad, Abdelmoneim ^a   Eltayeb, Idris ^b   Matowe, Lloyd ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SORE THROAT; SUDAN; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 27244432052     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: 14821826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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