Trends of home drug storage and use in different regions across the northern united arab emirates

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 355-358

  Sharif, Suleiman I ^a   Abduelkarem, Abduelmula R ^b   Bustami, Hadeel A ^a   Haddad, Layal I ^a   Khalil, Deema S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Drug consumption, habits; Home pharmacy; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EYE DROPS; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STORAGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PHARMACY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DRUG STORAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 77954791758     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316372     Document Type: Article

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