Self-medication practices among diabetic patients in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-320

  Awad, Abdelmoneim ^a   Al Rabiy, Shahd ^a   Abahussain, Eman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Diabetic patients; Herbs; Kuwait; Over the counter drugs; Self medication

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44849108723     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129612     Document Type: Article

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