Medication prescribing pattern in primary care in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia;Mode de prescription de médicament en soins de santé primaires à Riyadh (Arabie saoudite)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Neyaz, Y ^a   Khoja, T ^b   Qureshi, N A ^a   Magzoub, M A ^c   Haycox, A ^c   Walley, T ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Health ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EXPECTORANT AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAUDI ARABIA; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79952129500     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.2.149     Document Type: Article

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