Non prescribed sale of antibiotics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bin Abdulhak, Aref A ^a   Altannir, Mohamad A ^a   Almansor, Mohammed A ^a   Almohaya, Mohammed S ^a   Onazi, Atallah S ^a   Marei, Mohammed A ^a   Aldossary, Oweida F ^a   Obeidat, Sadek A ^b   Obeidat, Mustafa A ^b   Riaz, Muhammad S ^a   Tleyjeh, Imad M ^a,c  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79959964862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-538     Document Type: Review

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