Indicators of rational drug use and health services in Hadramout, Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Bashrahil, K A ^a  

^a Hadramout University for Science and Technology   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALUMINUM; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; GENERIC DRUG; IODINE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PARACETAMOL; RETINOL; SALICYLIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; VITAMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; YEMEN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; DRUGS, GENERIC; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VITAMINS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN;

EID: 76649142386     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.2.151     Document Type: Article

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