Knowledge and perceptions of staff working in private dispensaries in Abidjan as regards bacterial resistance;Connaissances et perceptions du personnel des pharmacies privées de la ville d'Abidjan vis-à-vis de la résistance bactérienne

Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-290

  Hounsa, A ^a   De Mol, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Ivory Coast; Knowledge; Perceptions; Staff working in private dispensaries

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COTE D'IVOIRE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650154166     PISSN: 00034509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharma.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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