Self-medication with antibiotics obtained from private pharmacies in Abidjan, Ivory Coast;Automédication par les antibiotiques provenant des pharmacies privées de la ville d'Abidjan en Côte d'Ivoire

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Hounsa, A ^a   Kouadio, L ^b   De Mol, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Unité de formation et de recherche des sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques d'Abidjan   (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial resistance; Developing countries; Private dispensaries; Self medication

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; RISK; SELF MEDICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACIES; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF MEDICATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77953812859     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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