Low sale of antibiotics without prescription: A cross-sectional study in Zimbabwean private pharmacies

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 718-726

  Nyazema, N ^a,b   Viberg, Nina ^c   Khoza, S ^a   Vyas, S ^d   Kumaranayake, L ^d   Tomson, G ^c   Lundborg, C Stålsby ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic regulation; Diarrhoea; Health systems research; Pharmacy practice; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ZIMBABWE; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34249998468     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm013     Document Type: Article

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