Patent medicine vendors, community pharmacists and STI management in Abuja, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-265

  Okonkwo, Amaechi D ^a   Okonkwo, U P ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Walgreens Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemists; Community Pharmacists; Patent Medicine Vendors; Premarital sex; STIs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BELIEF; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NIGERIA; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650771352     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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