A qualitative study about self-medication in the community among market vendors in Fuzhou, China

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-513

  Wen, Yi ^a,b   Lieber, Eli ^a   Wan, Dai ^a,b   Hong, Yuanhao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Community pharmacies; Health seeking behaviour; Qualitative research; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHARMACIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960745975     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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