"Street" medication in Burkina Faso: Local names, social relationships, and alleged therapeutic effects;Le médicament de la rue au Burkina Faso: Du nom local aux relations sociales et aux effets thérapeutiques racontés

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Pale, Augustin ^a   Ladner, Joël ^b  

^a Centre de Recherches en Santé de Nouna   (Burkina Faso)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Drug; Drug access; Self medication; Social relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERAPY EFFECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; DRUG COSTS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33845507306     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/san.2006.0010     Document Type: Article

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