Drug use practices at pediatric hospitals of Khartoum State, Sudan

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1986-1993

  Ahmed, Anas M ^a   Awad, Abdelmoneim I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dispensing; Drug use; Pediatric hospitals; Prescribing; Sudan; WHO drug use indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SUDAN; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78649942387     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P423     Document Type: Article

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