Nonprescription antibiotic therapy: Cultural models on both sides of the counter and both sides of the border

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-107

  Gartin, Meredith ^a   Brewis, Alexandra A ^a   Schwartz, Norah Anita ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cultural models; Ethnopharmacology; Mexico; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PHARMACY; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHARMACIES; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952308483     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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