An assessment of dispensing practices in private pharmacies in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Kagashe, Godeliver A B ^a   Minzi, Omary ^a   Matowe, Lloyd ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dispensing practices; private pharmacy; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DICLOFENAC; GRISEOFULVIN; LAXATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG MARKETING; EAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALARIA; MEDICINE DISPENSING PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RASH; SKIN DISEASE; TANZANIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 78751538254     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2010.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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