Analysis of drug prescriptions in primary health care centres in Bahrain;Analyse des prescriptions médicamenteuses dans les centres de soins de santé primaires à Bahreïn

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-515

  Otoom, S ^a   Culligan, K ^a   Al Assoomi, B ^b   Al Ansari, T ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77953772809     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.5.511     Document Type: Article

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