Pattern of prescription drug use in Nigerian army hospitals

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Adebayo, E T ^a   Hussain, N A ^b  

^a Military Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b Nigerian Army Reference Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude and practice; knowledge; Nigerians army hospitals; rational drug use

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956239685     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.68366     Document Type: Article

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