Self-medication practices in Khartoum State, Sudan

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Awad, Abdelmoneim Ismail ^a   Eltayeb, Idris Babiker ^b   Capps, Phillip A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Herbs; Proprietary medicines; Self medication; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACACIA NILOTICA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; BLACK CUMIN; COLIC; COMMON COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERB; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LUPINUS TERMIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA SPICATA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLENOSTEMMA ARGEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDAN; TAMARIND; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645685445     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-006-0107-1     Document Type: Article

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