Recall of drug utilization depends on subtle structural questionnaire characteristics

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-181

  Lunet, Nuno ^a,b   Bastos, Joana ^a   Cumaio, Florência ^c   Silva, Paula ^c   Dias, Eunice ^c   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c ISCTEM   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Data collection; Drug utilization; Epidemiologic methods; Malaria; Mozambique; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOZAMBIQUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 39749198209     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-007-9161-8     Document Type: Article

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