Drug use among children under 5 with respiratory illness and/or diarrhoea in a rural district of Vietnam

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 448-453

  Hoan, Le Thi ^a   Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a   Ottosson, Ellinor ^b   Allebeck, Peter ^c  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Children; Diarrhoea; Rational use of drug; Respiratory illness; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFALEXIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MACROLIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VITAMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 68149170890     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1730     Document Type: Article

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