Antimicrobial use in a country with insufficient enforcement of pharmaceutical regulations: A survey of consumption and retail sales in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Southern Med Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Nakajima, Rie ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a   Urnaa, Vaanchig ^a   Khaliun, Nyambayar ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial utilization; Developing country; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MONGOLIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77952760625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11742704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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